Considerations on the role of the Hall current in a laboratory-model thruster

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2 I, 2002, Pages 687-697

  Haas, James M ^a,b   Gallimore, Alec D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emissive probe; Hall thruster; Langmuir probe; Plasma engines; Plasma properties

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

HALL CURRENTS; HALL THRUSTERS; PLASMA DISCHARGES;

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 0036545463     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2002.1024271     Document Type: Article

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