Experimental studies of helicon double layers for future high power plasma propulsion

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

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages 5164-5175

  Walker, Roger ^a,c,d   Plihon, Nicolas ^b   Chabert, Pascal ^b   Raimbault, Jean Luc ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c ESA Advanced Concepts Team ^*  (Netherlands)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONEGATIVE GAS; FREE SPACE VACUUM CONDITIONS; PLASMA PROPULSION;

ARGON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

HELICONS;

EID: 34249303091     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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