Internal langmuir probe mapping of a hall thruster with xenon and krypton propellant

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1568-1585

  Linnell, Jesse A ^a,b,c,d   Gallimore, Alec D ^a,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

^c AIAA ^*  (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Academic Programs and Initiatives   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; IONIZATION; LIQUID PROPELLANTS; MEASUREMENT THEORY;

IONIZATION LOSSES; PLASMADYNAMICS;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 34249275695     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-4470     Document Type: Conference Paper

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