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30 Sep 2001
Active spacecraft potential control for Cluster – implementation and first results
K. Torkar
Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Schmiedlstrasse 6, 8042 Graz, Austria
W. Riedler
Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Schmiedlstrasse 6, 8042 Graz, Austria
C. P. Escoubet
Space Science Department of ESA/ESTEC, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands
M. Fehringer
Space Science Department of ESA/ESTEC, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands
R. Schmidt
Space Science Department of ESA/ESTEC, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands
R. J. L. Grard
Space Science Department of ESA/ESTEC, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands
H. Arends
Space Science Department of ESA/ESTEC, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands
F. Rüdenauer
Now at: International Atomic Energy Agency, Safeguards Analytical Laboratory, 2444 Seibersdorf, Austria
W. Steiger
Institute for Physics, Austrian Research Centers Seibersdorf, 2444 Seibersdorf, Austria
B. T. Narheim
Forsvarets Forskningsinstitutt, Avdeling for Elektronikk, 2007 Kjeller, Norway
K. Svenes
Forsvarets Forskningsinstitutt, Avdeling for Elektronikk, 2007 Kjeller, Norway
R. Torbert
Space Science Center, Science and Engineering Research Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA
M. André
Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Uppsala Division, 75121 Uppsala, Sweden
A. Fazakerley
Dept. of Physics, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Dorking, Surrey, UK
R. Goldstein
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas 78238, USA
R. C. Olsen
Physics Department, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California 93943, USA
A. Pedersen
Dept. of Physics, University of Oslo, Blindern, Norway
E. Whipple
University of Washington, Geophysics Department, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
H. Zhao
Center for Space Science and Applied Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, P. R. China
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