Microinstabilities in a 10-kilowatt self-field magnetoplasmadynamic thruster

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 381-389

  Tilley, Dennis L ^a,b,c,d   Choueiri, Edgar Y ^a,b   Kelly, Arnold J ^a,b,d   Jahn, Robert G ^a,d,e  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Elec Propuls Plasma Dynam Lab

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d AIAA ^*

^e Mech and Aero Eng Department

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOPLASMA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA OSCILLATIONS; PLASMA STABILITY;

ELECTRON CYCLOTRON DRIFT INSTABILITY; HYBRID DRIFT INSTABILITY; SELF FIELD MAGNETOPLASMADYNAMIC THRUSTER;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 0030107257     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.24040     Document Type: Article

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