High Velocity Microparticles in Space - Influence Mechanisms and Mitigating Effects of Electromagnetic Irradiation

This book describes for readers the protection of electronic hardware in space vehicles from the negative effects of space dust and electromagnetic irradiation.  The authors explain the mechanisms of 'space dust' (high velocity particles in space), the effects on the on-board electronic hardware of space vehicles, and development of protection methods from these influences on humans, equipment and microcircuits.  Coverage includes hard-to-find technical information on the design of special boosters for accelerating microparticles to space velocities, techniques for conducting experiments on Earth, data processing, and practical examples.  The authors also discuss fabrication technologies and composition of special, radio absorbent materials for protecting space vehicles from the electromagnetic irradiation.


Anatoly Belous graduated from the Minsk Radio-Technical University, with a specialty in Electronic Engineering in 1973.  He is Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor
Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus, Academician, Laureate of the State Award of the Republic of Belarus, Meritorious Inventor of the Republic of Belarus.  He is also a member of the Editorial Boards of four science journals, Chairman of the State Experts Council of the Republic of Belarus on microwave electronics, photonics, micro- and nano-electronics.  He is Deputy Chairman of the Program-Drafting Committee of two International Annual Conferences on Microelectronics.  For a number of years he conducted the special courses of lectures on the space electronics in the technical universities of Russia, Belarus, China, India, France, Germany, Israel, Austria, Bulgaria, Vietnam, Poland, the Ukraine.  He delivers the regular reports on the space electronics at the conferences, seminars and working meetings in the Russian State Space Corporation 'Roskosmos'.  He is an author of over 400 publications, a holder of over 200 patents, possesses over 30 monographs and manuals.
Vitali Saladukha obtained his Ph. D. from the Faculty of Radio-Physics and Electronics of the Belarusian State University (Minsk) in 1980.  He is an author of more than 100 publications, 8 books, Laureate of the State Award of the Republic of Belarus, Laureate of the Award of the Ministry of Industry of the Republic of Belarus.
Siarhei Shvedau graduated from the Minsk Radio-Technical University, with a specialty in 'Physics of Semiconductors', 1980.  He is Laureate of the Award of the Ministry of Industry of the Republic of Belarus, Laureate of the State Award of the Republic of Belarus.  He is the author of 100 publications.