Fluctuation-induced transport in the Hall plasma accelerator

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

Volumn 10, Issue , 2006, Pages 8090-8102

  Thomas, Cliff A ^a,b   Cappelli, Mark A ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mechanical Engineering Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCTUATION INDUCED TRANSPORT; HALL EFFECT THRUSTERS; WAVENUMBER;

ELECTRON MOBILITY; HALL EFFECT; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE VELOCITY;

PLASMA ACCELERATORS;

EID: 34249657397     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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