Fully kinetic 2D{r,θ} model of a hall discharge

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 2023-2034

  Taccogna, Francesco ^a,c,d   Schneider, R ^a,e   Longo, S ^b,d,f   Capitelli, M ^b,d,f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c Stellaratortheory Division   (Germany)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Helmholtz Association Junior Research Group 'Computational Material Science'   (Germany)

^f Chemistry Dept   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTHAL FLUCTUATIONS; HALL DISCHARGE; HALL THRUSTERS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 36749051297     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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