Study of Secondary Electron Emission Depended on Surface Charge of Space Insulator Materials

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Secondary electron emission (SEE) processes play an essential role in spacecraft surface charging. It is difficult to study SEE of insulator whose surface cumulates charges by incident electron bombardment because of poor conductivity. This paper investigated the theoretical process of generation, transfer and escape of secondary electrons, and finally the paper presented a mathematical model to calculate the secondary electron emission. We also have improved measurement system to measure total SEE coefficient from dielectric with 1-5 keV electron irradiation which is perfectly fit to mathematical model, and the SEE coefficient with different surface charging is investigated. The results indicate the SEE coefficient decreases with positive charging and increase with negative charging of dielectric surface.

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