Title :
Review of an Internal Charging Code, NUMIT
Author :
Jun, Insoo ; Garrett, Henry B. ; Kim, Wousik ; Minow, Joseph I.
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
Abstract :
An internal charging code, which is called NUMerical InTegration, has been used on many occasions to study the charging and discharging characteristics of dielectrics in space. The capabilities and limitations of the code are reviewed in this paper. In particular, the basic assumptions of the model are briefly discussed, and an example for the internal charging in the Juno environment is presented.
Keywords :
aerospace computing; astrophysical plasma; dielectric materials; integration; plasma-wall interactions; space vehicles; spacecraft charging; Juno environment internal charging; NUMIT internal charging code; dielectric charging characteristics; dielectric discharging characteristics; numerical integration; Internal charging; NUMerical InTegration (NUMIT);
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2008.2003440
