Neutral depletion in a collisionless plasma

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 36, Issue 2 PART 1, 2008, Pages 403-413

  Fruchtman, Amnon ^a  

^a HOLON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ballistic neutrals; Collisionless ions; Gas discharges; Neutral depletion; Plasma thrusters

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; IONS; PLASMA FLOW; PRESSURE;

BALLISTIC NEUTRALS; COLLISIONLESS IONS; COLLISIONLESS PLASMA; GAS DISCHARGES; NEUTRAL DEPLETION; NEUTRAL GAS; PLASMA THRUSTERS;

PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES;

EID: 42649141976     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.918777     Document Type: Conference Paper

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