Numerical simulation of Hall thruster plasma plumes in space

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 34, Issue 5 II, 2006, Pages 2140-2147

  Boyd, Iain D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Hall effect devices; Plasmas; Propulsion; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; PLASMAS; SPACECRAFT;

HALL THRUSTERS; HYBRID PARTICLE-FLUID MODEL; ON-ORBIT PROPULSION TASKS; PLASMA PLUMES;

HALL EFFECT DEVICES;

EID: 33750407264     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2006.879096     Document Type: Conference Paper

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