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Mitigating Deep Dielectric Charging Effects at the Orbits of Jovian Planets
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Deep dielectric charging/discharging， caused by high energy electrons， is an important consideration in electronic devices used in space environments because it can lead to spacecraft anomalies and failures. The Jovian planets， including Saturn， Uranus， Neptune and Jupiter’s moons， are believed to have robust electron radiation belts at relativistic energies. In particular， Jupiter is thought to have caused at least 42 internal electrostatic discharge events during the Voyager 1 flyby. With the development of deep space exploration， there is an increased focus on the deep dielectric charging effects in the orbits of Jovian planets. In this paper， GEANT4， a Monte Carlo toolkit， and radiation-induced conductivity （RIC） are used to calculate deep dielectric charging effects for Jovian planets. The results are compared with the criteria for preventing deep dielectric charging effects in Earth orbit. The findings show that effective criteria used in Earth orbit are not always appropriate for preventing deep dielectric charging effects in Jovian orbits. Generally， Io， Europa， Saturn （RS=6）， Uranus （L=4.73） and Ganymede missions should have a thicker shield or higher dielectric conductivity， while Neptune （L=7.4） and Callisto missions can have a thinner shield thickness or a lower dielectric conductivity. Moreover， dielectrics grounded with double metal layers and thinner dielectrics can also decrease the likelihood of discharges.
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