Five-electron-volt atomic oxygen pulsed-beam characterization by quadrupolar mass spectrometry

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 870-876

  Cazaubon, Bertrand ^a,c   Paillous, Alain ^a,c   Siffre, Jean ^a,d   Thomas, Roger ^b,c  

^a ONERA   (France)

^b LPCE CNRS   (France)

^c Ecl Natl Sup l'Aeronautique l'E ^*

^d Microsystems and Materials Mechanics

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BEAMS; ATOMS; ELECTRONS; ION SOURCES; IONIZATION; IONS; ORBITS; OXYGEN; PHOTONS; SPACECRAFT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VACUUM;

LOW EARTH ORBIT; PULSED BEAM SOURCE; QUADRUPOLAR MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME OF FLIGHT MEASUREMENTS;

MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0030286723     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.26853     Document Type: Article

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