Experimental evidence of parametric decay processes in the variable specific impulse magnetoplasma rocket (VASIMR) helicon plasma source

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 5125-5129

  Boswell, R W ^a   Sutherland, O ^a   Charles, C ^a   Squire, J P ^b   Díaz, F R Chang ^b   Glover, T W ^b   Jacobson, V T ^b   Chavers, D G ^c   Bengtson, R D ^d   Bering III, E A ^e   Goulding, R H ^f   Light, M ^g  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^f OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAY WAVES; HELICON ANTENNAS; HELIUM PLASMA; VARIABLE SPECIFIC IMPULSE MAGNETOPLASMA ROCKET (VASMIR);

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ANTENNAS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; HELICONS; HELIUM; IONIZATION; MAGNETOPLASMA; ROCKETS; SATELLITES;

PLASMA SOURCES;

EID: 19944365495     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1803579     Document Type: Article

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