Faraday acceleration with radio-frequency assisted discharge

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 611-619

  Choueiri, Edgar Y ^a,b,c   Polzin, Kurt A ^a,b,c,d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION CONTROL; CAMERAS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FARADAY EFFECT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; PLASMAS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC ACCELERATION; FARADAY ACCELERATION; PLANAR ACCELERATION COIL; RADIO-FREQUENCY;

COLLIDING BEAM ACCELERATORS;

EID: 33744996962     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.16399     Document Type: Article

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