SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS ON LMS-1D REGOLITH PARTICLES PRECIPITATION IN A GYROTRONIC DISCHARGE AND THEIR IMPACT ON SOLAR PANELS OF SPACE VEHICLES

A description is given of simulation experiments of the interaction of lunar dust with the surface of solar panels. The experiments are based on the creation of a dust plasma cloud by exposure of a substance simulating lunar dust to the radiation from a powerful pulse gyrotron. This approach has been tested using a lunar regolith simulant. An analysis is presented of the results of precipitation of charged regolith particles on solar panels of various types and variation in their effi ciency
A description is given of simulation experiments of the interaction of lunar dust with the surface of solar panels. The experiments are based on the creation of a dust plasma cloud by exposure of a substance simulating lunar dust to the radiation from a powerful pulse gyrotron. This approach has been tested using a lunar regolith simulant. An analysis is presented of the results of precipitation of charged regolith particles on solar panels of various types and variation in their effi ciency
Author:  A. S. Sokolov, V. D. Stepakhin, N. N. Skvortsova, V. D. Borzosekov, T. É. Gayanova, A. K. Kozak, N. T. Vagapova, I. V. Badurin, E. S. Loginov E. A. Obraztsova, L. V. Kolik, A. S. Kon′kova, E. M. Konchekov, N. G. Gusein-Zade
Keywords:  : low-temperature plasma, dust plasma, regolith, gyrotron, microwave discharge, solar batteries
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