A Magnetically-Nozzled, Quasi-Steady, Multimegawatt, Coaxial Plasma Thruster

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1015-1033

  Black, D C ^b   Mayo, R M ^b   Gerwin, R A ^a   Hoyt, R P ^a   Henins, I ^a   Moses, R W ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DEUTERIUM; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HELIUM; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMAS; PROPELLANTS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

ALFVEN CRITICAL IONIZATION VELOCITY; FLOW CHANNEL; PLASMA POTENTIAL MEASUREMENT; PLASMA THRUSTER; SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION MISSIONS;

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 0028724702     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.370254     Document Type: Article

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