The partially-ionized gas and associated wear in electron sources for ion propulsion, II: Discharge hollow cathode

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 1824-1847

  Mikellides, Ioannis G ^a,b,c   Katz, Ira ^a,b,c   Goebel, Dan M ^a,c,d   Jameson, Kristina K ^a,c,d   Polk, James E ^a,c,d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Electric Propulsion Group   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d Thermal and Propulsion Engineering Section   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE HOLLOW CATHODES; SPACE SCIENCE MISSIONS;

CATHODES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; GASES; ION PROPULSION; IONIZATION;

ELECTRON SOURCES;

EID: 36749067412     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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