Controlling the plasma flow in the miniaturized cylindrical Hall thruster

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 36, Issue 5 PART 1, 2008, Pages 1998-2003

  Smirnov, Artem ^a   Raitses, Yevgeny ^b   Fisch, Nathaniel J ^b  

^a Rancho Santa Margarita   (United States)

^b PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cathodes; Cross field discharge; Discharges; Langmuir probe; Magnetic fields; Magnetic mirror; Plasma measurements; Plasma thruster; Plasmas; Probes; Propulsion

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; ELECTRON TUBES; ELECTRONS; LANGMUIR PROBES; LIGHTNING; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC LENSES; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETRONS; MIRRORS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMA JETS; PLASMAS; PROBES; PROPULSION;

CROSS-FIELD DISCHARGE; DISCHARGES; LANGMUIR PROBE; MAGNETIC MIRROR; PLASMA MEASUREMENTS; PLASMA THRUSTER;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 59749096880     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.2002148     Document Type: Article

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