Efficiency analysis of a hall thruster operating with krypton and xenon

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1402-1412

  Linnell, Jesse A ^a,b,c   Gallimore, Alec D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Plasmadynamics and Electric Propulsion Laboratory   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROPELLANTS; TOPOLOGY; XENON;

DIAGNOSTIC MEASUREMENTS; HALL THRUSTER; PHENOMENOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE MODEL;

KRYPTON;

EID: 33845465841     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.19613     Document Type: Article

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