Physics of plasma detachment in a magnetic nozzle

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

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages 3308-3313

  Deline, Christopher ^a,e   Chavers, Greg ^b,c   Gilchrist, Brian ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA/MSFC/ER24

^d Department of Electrical Engineering and Space Systems ^*

^e AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALL THRUSTERS; MAGNETIC NOZZLES; PLASMA MAGNETIZATION; SPACE PROPULSION DESIGNS;

MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOPLASMA; PLASMA FLOW; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

EID: 34249277776     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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