Experimental insights into high-frequency instabilities and related anomalous electron transport in Hall thrusters

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 36, Issue 5 PART 1, 2008, Pages 1977-1988

  Lazurenko, Alexey ^a,b   Krasnoselskikh, Vladimir ^c   Bouchoule, André ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b THALES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Antennas; Coils; Discharges; Hafnium; Magnetic fields; Particle beam transport; Plasma engines; Plasma measurements; Plasma oscillations; Plasmas; Probes

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONS; HAFNIUM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MOTION ESTIMATION; PARTICLE BEAM DYNAMICS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PLASMA OSCILLATIONS; PLASMAS; PROBES;

COILS; DISCHARGES; PARTICLE BEAM TRANSPORT; PLASMA ENGINES; PLASMA MEASUREMENTS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 59749083118     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.2000972     Document Type: Article

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