Email this article Charge Fluctuations on a Dielectric Surface Exposed to Plasma Flows or UV Radiation
- Authors: Rosenfeld E.V.1,2, Zakharov A.V.1
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Affiliations:
- Space Research Institute
- Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch
- Issue: Vol 44, No 11 (2018)
- Pages: 1053-1056
- Section: Plasma–Surface Interaction
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1063-780X/article/view/186990
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X18110089
- ID: 186990
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Abstract
It is shown that fluctuating charge spots and local electric fields of up to 106 V/m and higher can form on a dielectric surface exposed to charged particle flows. A stochastic differential equation describing the dynamics of these fluctuations is derived.
About the authors
E. V. Rosenfeld
Space Research Institute; Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch
Author for correspondence.
Email: rosenfeld@imp.uran.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117997; Yekaterinburg, 620108
A. V. Zakharov
Space Research Institute
Email: rosenfeld@imp.uran.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117997
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