Ion beam characterization of a NEXT multi-thruster array plume

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

Volumn 10, Issue , 2006, Pages 8228-8245

  Pencil, Eric J ^a,b,c   Foster, John E ^a,b,c   Patterson, Michael J ^a,b,c   Diaz, Esther M ^a,b,c   Van Noord, Jonathan L ^a,b,c   McEwen, Heather K ^a,b,c  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Electric Propulsion Branch   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISIONLESS BEAM EXPANSION; ENGINEERING MODEL; ION THRUSTERS;

CURRENT DENSITY; ION BEAMS; NASA;

SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT;

EID: 34249318025     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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