Performance characteristics of a cluster of 5-kW laboratory hall thrusters

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-43

  Walker, Mitchell L R ^a,c,d   Gallimore, Alec D ^b,d,e  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c High Power Electric Propulsion Laboratory   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Plasmadynamics and Electric Propulsion Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FLUX; PRESSURE CONTROL; XENON;

BACKPRESSURE; FLOW RATE; HALL THRUSTERS; MONOLITHIC THRUST;

HALL EFFECT;

EID: 33847029649     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.19752     Document Type: Article

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