High-specific impulse Hall thrusters, part 1: Influence of current density and magnetic field

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 721-731

  Hofer, Richard R ^a,d,e,f   Jankovsky, Robert S ^b,d,f   Gallimore, Alec D ^c,f,g  

^a QSS GROUP INC   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Electric Propulsion Branch   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f AIAA   (United States)

^g Plasmadynamics and Electric Propulsion Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; OPTIMIZATION; OSCILLATIONS;

CURRENT OSCILLATIONS; ELECTRON CURRENT; HIGH-SPECIFIC IMPULSE HALL THRUSTERS; MASS FLOW RATE; OPTIMUM MAGNETIC FIELD;

PROPELLERS;

EID: 33746928420     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.15952     Document Type: Article

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