Particle simulations of a Hall thruster plume

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 129-136

  VanGilder, Douglas B ^a   Boyd, Iain D ^a   Keidar, Michael ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ELECTRON MOMENTUM EQUATION; HALL THRUSTER; PLASMA POTENTIAL; PLASMA THRUSTER;

SATELLITES;

EID: 0033875105     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3536     Document Type: Article

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