TY - JOUR
T1 - Multimodal characteristics of a piezoelectric lead zirconate titanate element impacted with iron particles having velocities above 20 km/s
AU - Miyachi, Takashi
AU - Fujii, Masayuki
AU - Hasebe, Nobuyuki
AU - Okudaira, Osamu
AU - Takechi, Seiji
AU - Onishi, Toshiyuki
AU - Minami, Shigeyuki
AU - Kobayashi, Masanori
AU - Iwai, Takeo
AU - Grün, Eberhard
AU - Srama, Ralf
AU - Okada, Nagaya
PY - 2011/8/3
Y1 - 2011/8/3
N2 - The responses of a piezoelectric lead zirconate titanate (PZT) element to hypervelocity collisions were experimentally studied. In this study, the particles of masses ranging from 0.3 to 10 fg were made to collide with PZT at velocities between 20 and 96 km/s. The amplitude and the corresponding rise time of the single-pulse output signals that were produced in the piezoelectric PZT element were measured to determine the possible collision states. The results revealed an apparently multimodal output; three classes were assumed to be involved in the pulse formation mechanism. The amplitude and rise time were sensitive to the collision velocity. The multimodal behavior implied that the PZT-based cosmic dust detectors should be calibrated according to the class they belong to.
AB - The responses of a piezoelectric lead zirconate titanate (PZT) element to hypervelocity collisions were experimentally studied. In this study, the particles of masses ranging from 0.3 to 10 fg were made to collide with PZT at velocities between 20 and 96 km/s. The amplitude and the corresponding rise time of the single-pulse output signals that were produced in the piezoelectric PZT element were measured to determine the possible collision states. The results revealed an apparently multimodal output; three classes were assumed to be involved in the pulse formation mechanism. The amplitude and rise time were sensitive to the collision velocity. The multimodal behavior implied that the PZT-based cosmic dust detectors should be calibrated according to the class they belong to.
KW - Cosmic dust detector
KW - Hypervelocity collision
KW - Multimodal PZT response
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U2 - 10.1016/j.asr.2011.04.007
DO - 10.1016/j.asr.2011.04.007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79959198167
SN - 0273-1177
VL - 48
SP - 570
EP - 577
JO - Life sciences and space research
JF - Life sciences and space research
IS - 3
ER -