Beamlet profiles from multiple-hole ion-extraction systems

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 568-574

  Hayakawa, Yukio ^a,b,c   Kitamura, Shoji ^a,b,c   Miyazakit, Katsuhiro ^a,b  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Space Technology Research Group ^*  (Japan)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DISTORTION (WAVES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ION BEAMLET STRUCTURES; MULTIPLE HOLE ION EXTRACTION SYSTEMS;

ION BEAMS;

EID: 0032116259     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5316     Document Type: Article

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