Physical investigations and developments of Hall plasma thrusters

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Volumn 46, Issue 12 B, 2004, Pages

  Bouchoule, A ^a   Boeuf, J P ^b   Heron, A ^c   Duchemin, O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^d SNECMA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; HALL EFFECT; IONS; PROPELLANTS;

ELECTRON CURRENT; HALL PLASMA THRUSTERS (HPT); ION ACCELERATION; ION FLOW;

PLASMAS;

EID: 12844271280     PISSN: 07413335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0741-3335/46/12B/035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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