SAP PURCHASE REQUISITION: 4200182036 FIELD THEORY RESEARCH FOR LUNAR PLASMA. DEVELOP FIELD THEORY FOR LUNAR…

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SAP PURCHASE REQUISITION: 4200182036 FIELD THEORY RESEARCH FOR LUNAR PLASMA. DEVELOP FIELD THEORY FOR LUNAR PLASMA, INCLUDING STOCHASTIC THEORY AND MEAN FIELD APPROXIMATIONS. THIS PHASE OF THE CONTRACT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TASKS: 1. FORMULATE GOVERNING EQUATIONS FOR LUNAR PLASMA, INCLUDING VLASOV EQUATIONS AND ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EQUATIONS FOR DIELECTRIC AND CONDUCTIVE MEDIA. 2. USING CURRENT ESTIMATES OF SOLAR PLASMA PARAMETERS, DERIVE A REDUCED MODEL OF APPLICABILITY TO CONDITIONS ON THE LUNAR LIT, DARK, AND TERMINATOR REGIONS. 3. DEVELOP PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES OF CHARGE, POTENTIAL AND TIME CONSTANTS FOR DUST PARTICLES OF VARYING SIZE IN THE NANOMETER TO MICRON SIZE. DEVELOP ESTIMATES FOR OPERATING PARAMETERS OF LUNAR PLASMA INSTRUMENTS ON THE MOON, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LANGMUIR PROBE, DUST SIZE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION AND CHARGING TIMES. THIS P[HASE OF THE CONTRACT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TASKS: 4. LIST OF RECOMMENDED INSTRUMENTS FOR ROBOTIC MISSIONS FOR MEASUREMENT OF PLASMA PARAMETERS OF INTEREST. 5. GEOMETRICAL ESTIMATES OF PROPOSED INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASUREMENT OF PLASMA PARAMETERS. 6. PREDICTED ERROR BANDS AND WORST CASE SCENARIOS FOR SAID INSTRUMENTS. DELIVERABLES: THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DELIVER NASA TWO (2) REPORTS, THE FIRST DUE WITHIN 5 MONTHS AND THE FINAL DUE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE STUDY, AS WELL AS BE AVAILABLE FOR TECHNICAL DISCUSSIONS ON THE WORK FOR ONE HOUR EVERY WEEK DURING THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT. THE WORK IS ANTICIPATED TO BE PERFORMED AT THE CONTRACTOR'S SITE. THE CONTRACT DURATION WILL BE TEN (10) MONTHS.