Microwave plume measurements of a closed drift hall thruster

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1016-1021

  Ohler, Shawn ^a,b,c   Gilchrist, Brian E ^a,c,d,e   Gallimore, Alec ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Electrical Engineering   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d Elec Engineering and Space Science

^e 3048 FXB

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; PHASE MEASUREMENT; PLASMA DENSITY; RAY TRACING; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

CLOSED DRIFT HALL THRUSTERS; PLASMA PLUMES;

ELECTRIC PROPULSION;

EID: 0032206719     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5367     Document Type: Article

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