Enhancement of electro dynamic tether electron current collection using radio frequency power: Numerical modeling and measurements

Keyphrases

• Numerical Modeling 100%
• Electrodynamic Tether 100%
• Current Collection 100%
• Radio Frequency Power 100%
• RF Power 100%
• Current Enhancement 100%
• Electron Current 100%
• Numerical Measurement 100%
• Transmission Line 66%
• Resonant Frequency 33%
• Frequency Dependence 33%
• Field Distribution 33%
• Power Generation 33%
• Reactance 33%
• Simulation Analysis 33%
• Orbital Motion 33%
• Power Level 33%
• Tether System 33%
• Test Comparison 33%
• At Resonance 33%
• Large Current 33%
• High-power RF 33%
• Current Variation 33%
• RF Excitation 33%
• Thrust Generation 33%
• Power Dissipated 33%
• Time-periodic 33%
• Particle-in-cell Simulation 33%
• Reference Plane 33%

Engineering

• Radio Frequency 100%
• Numerical Modeling 100%
• Electric Lines 100%
• Numerical Measurement 100%
• Simulation Result 50%
• Experimental Result 50%
• Experimental Measurement 50%
• Limiting Factor 50%
• Periodic Time 50%
• Field Distribution 50%
• Resonance Frequency 50%
• Power Level 50%
• Orbit 50%
• Reference Plane 50%

Physics

• Transmission Line 100%
• Orbit 50%
• Electron Trajectory 50%