Production of high energy ions near an ion thruster discharge hollow cathode

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

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 1742-1751

  Katz, Ira ^a,b,c   Mikellides, Ioannis G ^a,b,c   Goebel, Dan M ^a,c,d   Jameson, Kristina K ^a,c,d   Wirz, Richard ^a,b,c   Johnson, Lee K ^a,c,d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Advanced Propulsion Technology Group   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d Propulsion and Materials Engineering Section   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE EXCHANGE NEUTRALIZATION; DISCHARGE CATHODES; DISCHARGE CHAMBER POTENTIALS; HIGH ENERGY IONS;

CATHODES; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ION BOMBARDMENT; IONS; KINETIC ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 34249308518     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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