CCD images of hall effect thruster plume dynamics after ultrafast current ignition

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 524-525

  Vial, V ^a   Mazouffre, S ^b   Prioul, M ^c   Pagnon, D ^d   Bouchoule, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SNECMA   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Breathing modes; Hall thruster; Optical emission; Plasma instabilities

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CAMERAS; CATHODES; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; HALL EFFECT; ION BEAMS; LIGHT EMISSION; MOSFET DEVICES; PLASMA STABILITY; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES;

BREATHING MODES; HALL EFFECT THRUSTER; OPTICAL EMISSION;

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 18844393393     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2005.845363     Document Type: Article

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