Studying the Interaction of Hot Magnetospheric Plasma With the Protective Coating of the Spacecraft Solar ArrayстатьяИсследовательская статья
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Аннотация:This paper presents the results of the simultaneous electron–proton irradiation of glass samples used as the protective coating of solar cells of high-altitude spacecraft. Combined irradiation with 20-keV electrons and protons was carried out in a vacuum chamber at a pressure of 10−4 Pa; charged particles fluxes were varied in the range of 1014–1015 m−2 · s−1. Structural changes of irradiated glass surfaces were studied by atomic force microscopy, and the reduction in glass transmittance due to the irradiation was measured in the wavelength range of 200–2500 nm. These changes in the surface structure and electrostatic discharge development under the combined irradiation are compared with the data obtained for separate exposure of the same glasses to electron or proton beams.