Environment

The Environment section of the CHARGE tab has options to define an ambient plasma environment consisting of electrons, protons or ions that are non-directionalized and characterized by its number density and energy.The other source it can add is directionalized photon flux component with a given intensity to simulate solar irradiation. The plasma and illumination radiation sources are used solely for the surface charging solver and are thus reserved for either surface or coupled charging simulations.

Sections for the Environment sources are:

1.   Plasma

2.   Illumination