Controlling the plasma potential distribution in segmented-electrode hall thruster

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4 PART 1, 2008, Pages 1202-1203

  Raitses, Yevgeny ^a   Staack, David ^a,b   Fisch, Nathaniel J ^a  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Hall discharge; Plasma propulsion

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; METALLIZING; PLASMAS;

HALL DISCHARGE; HALL THRUSTER; PLASMA POTENTIALS; PLASMA PROPULSION; PLASMA SCIENCE; PLUME DIVERGENCE; RADIAL PLASMA; SECONDARY ELECTRON EMISSIONS; SEGMENTED ELECTRODES;

CERAMIC CAPACITORS;

EID: 50249116918     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.924410     Document Type: Article

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