Plasma propulsion for interplanetary flight

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 506-507, Issue , 2006, Pages 449-453

  Chang Díaz, Franklin R ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental methods; Helicon; Plasma propulsion

Indexed keywords

CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; HELICONS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; PROPULSION; RADIO WAVES; ROCKETS;

EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; HELICON PLASMA; HIGH ION ACCELERATION; PLASMA PROPULSION; VARIABLE SPECIFIC IMPULSE MAGNETOPLASMA ROCKET (VASIMR);

MAGNETOPLASMA;

EID: 33645230973     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2005.08.324     Document Type: Conference Paper

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