Evolution of the ion velocity distribution in the near field of the BHT-200-X3 hall thruster

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

Volumn 8, Issue , 2006, Pages 6384-6394

  Hargus Jr , William A ^a,c   Nakles, Michael R ^b,c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION PROCESSES; CENTRAL MAGNETIC POLES; ION FORMATION;

BORON COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; THERMAL PLUMES; XENON;

VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34249108970     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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