Xenon ion beam detachment from a helicon double layer thruster

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4 PART 1, 2008, Pages 1194-1195

  Gesto, Fernando ^a,b   Charles, Christine ^a   Boswell, Rod ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Defense Force Academy   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Ion beams; Magnetic flux; Magnetic resonance imaging; Orbits; Particle beams; Plasma engines; Plasmas; Propulsion

Indexed keywords

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; HELICONS; ION BEAMS; ION BOMBARDMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; STANDARDS; XENON;

ACCELERATION; DOUBLE LAYER; HELICON; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PLASMA ENGINES; PLASMA SCIENCE; PLASMAS; PROPULSION; STANDARD OPERATING CONDITIONS; XENON IONS;

IONS;

EID: 50249139175     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.924424     Document Type: Article

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