Cross-current instability generated by pick-up ions in the environment of a large spacecraft in low Earth orbit

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2085-2096

  Singh, Nagendra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ION BEAMS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ORBITS; PLASMA WAVES; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

SPACECRAFT ENVIRONMENT;

SPACE SHUTTLES;

EID: 0034462548     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.902235     Document Type: Article

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