Numerical simulation of the helicon double layer thruster concept

Collection of Technical Papers - 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 3111-3124

  Manente, Marco ^a   Carlsson, Johan ^b   Musso, Ivano ^a,b,c   Bramante, Cristina ^d,e   Pavarin, Daniele ^a,b   Angrilli, Francesco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b TECH X CORPORATION   (United States)

^c ISTI CNR   (Italy)

^d Advanced Concepts Team   (Netherlands)

^e EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPOSITIVE GASES; HELICON DOUBLE LAYERS; PLASMA THRUSTERS; SPACE MISSION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONEGATIVITY; HELICONS; SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT;

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 36749050402     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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