Xenon ion beam characterization in a helicon double layer thruster

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 26, 2006, Pages

  Charles, C ^a   Boswell, R W ^a   Lieberman, M A ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; ELECTROSTATIC ION ENERGY ANALYZER; HELICON DOUBLE LAYER THRUSTER; POTENTIAL DROP;

GASES; HELICONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; POSITIVE IONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; XENON;

ION BEAMS;

EID: 33846078479     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2426881     Document Type: Article

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