Virtual anode in ion beam emissions in space: Numerical simulations

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 829-836

  Wang, Joseph ^a   Lai, Shu T ^b,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ION BEAMS; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT;

BEAM TRANSMISSION; ELECTRON PLASMA FREQUENCY; ION BEAM EMISSIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL PARTICLE SIMULATION; VIRTUAL ANODE;

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION;

EID: 0031272633     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3295     Document Type: Article

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