Electrostatic manipulation of a hypersonic plasma layer: Images of the two-dimensional sheath

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4 PART 1, 2008, Pages 1198-1199

  Kim, Minkwan ^a   Keidar, Michael ^b   Boyd, Iain D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b The George Washington University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cylindrical electrode; Plasma sheath; Radio blackout; Reentry communication

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; COMMUNICATION; ELECTROLYSIS; HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METALLIZING; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMA SHEATHS; REENTRY; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VEHICLES;

CYLINDRICAL ELECTRODE; ELECTRODE SYSTEMS; ELECTRON NUMBER DENSITIES; FLUID MODELING; HYPERSONIC FLIGHTS; HYPERSONIC PLASMA; LASER INTERACTIONS; PLASMA SCIENCE; PLASMA SHEATH; POTENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIO BLACKOUT; RE-ENTRY VEHICLES; REENTRY COMMUNICATION; VEHICLE SURFACE;

PLASMAS;

EID: 50249109667     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.926968     Document Type: Article

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