Development of an annular helicon source for electric propulsion applications

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

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages 5143-5155

  Beal, Brian E ^a,d,g   Gallimore, Alec D ^b,e,g   Morris, David P ^b,e,g   Davis, Christopher ^b,e,g   Lemmer, Kristina M ^c,f,g  

^a AEROJET ROCKETDYNE   (United States)

^b EtectroDynamic Applications Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

^f The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^g AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTHAL MODES; DC IONIZATION; ELECTROSTATIC PROPULSION; HALL THRUSTER;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ION BOMBARDMENT; ION PROPULSION; PLASMAS;

HELICONS;

EID: 34249340800     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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