Effects of electron secondary emission and partial thermalization on a Hall thruster plasma

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE 42nd Joint Propulsion Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 250-260

  Ahedo, E ^a,b,c   De Pablo, V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b ETSI Aeronauticos   (Spain)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY DEPOSITION; ELECTRON SECONDARY EMISSION(SEE); ELECTRON THERMALIZATION; HALL THRUSTER PLASMA;

CERAMIC PRODUCTS; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON ENERGY ANALYZERS;

ELECTRIC PROPULSION;

EID: 34249060924     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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