Electric propulsion plasma simulations and influence on spacecraft charging

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 886-893

  Tajmar, M ^a,b  

^a ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; IONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORBITS; PLASMAS; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

ELECTRIC PROPULSION PLASMA SIMULATIONS; ELECTRIC PROPULSION THRUSTERS; HALL THRUSTER; ION THRUSTER; SPACECRAFT CHARGING; SPACECRAFT FLOATING POTENTIAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL PARTICLE IN CELL NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS;

SPACE APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0036872248     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3895     Document Type: Article

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