Elastic scattering of ions in electrostatic thruster plumes

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 111-118

  Mikellides, Ioannis G ^a,b,c   Katz, Ira ^a,c   Kuharski, Robert A ^b,d   Mandell, Myron J ^b,d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Thermal and Propuls Eng Section   (United States)

^d Defense Technology Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATICS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; HALL EFFECT; ION BEAMS; ION EXCHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCATTERING; XENON;

COLLIMATED SPECTRUM; ELASTIC SCATTERING; HALL-EFFECT THRUSTERS (HET); ION FLUX;

ION PROPULSION;

EID: 12744269292     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.5046     Document Type: Article

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