Status of magnetic nozzle and plasma detachment experiment

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 813, Issue , 2006, Pages 465-473

  Chavers, D Gregory ^a   Dobson, Chris ^a   Jones, Jonathan ^a   Lee, Michael ^a   Martin, Adam ^a   Gregory, Judith ^a   Cecil, Jim ^a   Bengtson, Roger D ^b   Breizman, Boris ^b   Arefiev, Alexey ^b   Chang Diaz, Franklin ^c   Squire, Jared ^c   Glover, Tim ^c   McCaskill, Greg ^c   Cassibry, Jason ^d   Li, Zhongmin ^d  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Ad Astra Rocket Company   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic nozzle; Magnetized plasma; Magnetohydrodynamics; Plasma detachment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751253088     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2169224     Document Type: Conference Paper

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