Ferroelectric plasma thruster for microspacecraft propulsion

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Kemp, Mark A ^a   Kovaleski, Scott D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; FERROELECTRICITY; IONS; MACHINE DESIGN;

FERROELECTRIC PLASMA THRUSTER (FEPT); ION ACCELERATION; OPERATIONAL PHYSICS; SELF-NEUTRALIZATION;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 33845789708     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2399886     Document Type: Article

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