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| Title: | Thrust calculation of electric solar wind sail by particle-in-cell simulation |
| Authors: | Hoshi, Kento Kojima, Hirotsugu    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4609-3500 (unconfirmed)Muranaka, Takanobu Yamakawa, Hiroshi |
| Author's alias: | 小嶋, 浩嗣 山川, 宏 |
| Keywords: | General or miscellaneous (instruments useful in three or more fields) new fields (not classifiable under other headings) techniques applicable in three or more fields |
| Issue Date: | 26-Sep-2016 |
| Publisher: | Copernicus GmbH |
| Journal title: | Annales Geophysicae |
| Volume: | 34 |
| Start page: | 845 |
| End page: | 855 |
| Abstract: | In this study, thrust characteristics of an electric solar wind sail were numerically evaluated using full three-dimensional particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation. The thrust obtained from the PIC simulation was lower than the thrust estimations obtained in previous studies. The PIC simulation indicated that ambient electrons strongly shield the electrostatic potential of the tether of the sail, and the strong shield effect causes a greater thrust reduction than has been obtained in previous studies. Additionally, previous expressions of the thrust estimation were modified by using the shielded potential structure derived from the present simulation results. The modified thrust estimation agreed very well with the thrust obtained from the PIC simulation. |
| Rights: | © Author(s) 2016. CC Attribution 3.0 License. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2433/217056 |
| DOI(Published Version): | 10.5194/angeo-34-845-2016 |
| Appears in Collections: | Journal Articles |
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