Development of a realtime detector for hypervelocity microparticles based on a low-Q PZT material

T. Miyachi*, Nobuyuki Hasebe, H. Ito, T. Masumura, H. Okada, H. Yoshioka, K. Nogami, T. Iwai, H. Shibata, Y. Hamabe, S. Sasaki, S. Sugita, S. Hasegawa, H. Yano, H. Ohashi, K. Muranaga, M. Sato, T. Tou

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    Abstract

    A PZT element was studied by bombarding silver particles in the mass range from 1 to 100 pg, and the velocity from 2 to 6 km/s. Output signals were uniquely identified on impact. They were processed on Fourier analysis. We found a simple selection rule using a relationship between Fourier components to discriminate junk events. By using the selection rule, we picked up events, by which a linear relationship between impact energy and output amplitude of the element was established It was found that incident energies above 100 nJ were determined uniquely by a single PZT element.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationEuropean Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP
    Pages847-849
    Number of pages3
    Edition500
    Publication statusPublished - 2002 Jul

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Aerospace Engineering

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