Ion detachment in the helicon double-layer thruster exhaust beam

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-30

  Gesto, Fernando N ^a,b   Blackwell, Boyd D ^a   Charles, Christine ^a   Boswell, Rod W ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIZATION; ORBITS; OSCILLATIONS; SUPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; THRUST BEARINGS;

AXIAL VALUES; BEAM DENSITY PROFILE; HELICON DOUBLE-LAYER THRUSTER;

IONS;

EID: 32844473814     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.13914     Document Type: Article

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