Preliminary mass spectrometry of a xenon hollow cathode

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 157-159

  Crofton, Mark W ^a,b  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Technol Operations Mechanics P   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IONIZATION; IONS; KINETIC ENERGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORIFICES; PLASMAS; PROPULSION; XENON;

CATHODE EFFLUENTS; ELECTRIC THRUSTERS; ION CHARGE NUMBER; ION KINETIC ENERGY DISTRIBUTION; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; PARTICLE MASS; PLASMA PHYSICS; XENON HOLLOW CATHODE;

CATHODES;

EID: 0033908212     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5548     Document Type: Article

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