Laboratory experiment of plasma flow around magnetic sail

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 307, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 63-68

  Funaki, Ikkoh ^a   Kojima, Hidenori ^b,c   Yamakawa, Hiroshi ^d   Nakayama, Yoshinori ^e   Shimizu, Yukio ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c IHI CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laboratory simulation; M2P2; Magnetic sail; Magnetoplasmadynamic arcjet; Spacecraft propulsion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947324039     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: 1572946X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10509-006-9251-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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