Magnetohydrodynamic scenario of plasma detachment in a magnetic nozzle

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Arefiev, Alexey V ^a   Breizman, Boris N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DENSITIES; FROZEN-IN DETACHMENT SCENARIO; PLASMA DETACHMENTS; SPACE PROPULSION SYSTEMS;

KINETIC ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NOZZLES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMAS; SPACECRAFT;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 20844461693     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1875632     Document Type: Article

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