Numerical simulation of a crossed pulser-sustainer discharge in transverse magnetic field

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 35, Issue 5 I, 2007, Pages 1312-1324

  Nishihara, Munetake ^a   Adamovich, Igor V ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cathode voltage fall; Hall effect; Momentum transfer; Nonself sustained discharge

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; HALL EFFECT; IONIZATION; KINETICS; LORENTZ FORCE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC POWER GENERATION; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; PLASMA APPLICATIONS;

CHARGE SEPARATION; CROSSED PULSER-SUSTAINER DISCHARGE; ION SLIP VELOCITY;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 35348816733     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2007.906440     Document Type: Article

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