Theoretical components of the VASIMR plasma propulsion concept

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 11, Issue 5 PART 2, 2004, Pages 2942-2949

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION DISTRIBUTIONS; PLASMA DETACHMENT; PLASMA PROPULSION; VARIABLE SPECIFIC MAGNETOPLASMA ROCKETS (VASIMR);

ANTENNAS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; HELICONS; IONIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; NOZZLES; ROCKETS; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

MAGNETOPLASMA;

EID: 2942609240     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1666328     Document Type: Conference Paper

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17. 2), so that the assumption about the Maxwellian distribution is internally consistent. It is also relevant to the present VASIMR parameters.
18. e), so that the electron collision rate is determined by the electron temperature and it does not depend on the wave amplitude.
19. The incoming flow is assumed to be supersonic, so that the ion velocity spread is negligible and the ions can be considered as cold.