Multimodal characteristics of a piezoelectric lead zirconate titanate element impacted with iron particles having velocities above 20 km/s

Takashi Miyachi*, Masayuki Fujii, Nobuyuki Hasebe, Osamu Okudaira, Seiji Takechi, Toshiyuki Onishi, Shigeyuki Minami, Masanori Kobayashi, Takeo Iwai, Eberhard Grün, Ralf Srama, Nagaya Okada

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    Abstract

    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.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)570-577
    Number of pages8
    JournalAdvances in Space Research
    Volume48
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2011 Aug 3

    Keywords

    • Cosmic dust detector
    • Hypervelocity collision
    • Multimodal PZT response

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Aerospace Engineering
    • Space and Planetary Science

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