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Particle-in-cell modeling of spacecraft-plasma interaction effects on double-probe electric field measurements

Miyake, Y.; Usui, H.

The double-probe technique, commonly used for electric field measurements in magnetospheric plasmas, is susceptible to environmental perturbations caused by spacecraft-plasma interactions. To better model the interactions, we have extended the existing particle-in-cell simulation technique so that it accepts very small spacecraft structures, such …