Permanent magnet Helicon source for ion propulsion

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 36, Issue 5 PART 1, 2008, Pages 2095-2110

  Chen, Francis F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambipolar thruster; Antennas; Argon; Discharges; Electron tubes; Helicon; Magnetic fields; Permanent magnet (PM); Plasmas; Radio frequency; Radio frequency (RF) plasma; RF plasma source

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ARGON; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HELICONS; INERT GASES; ION PROPULSION; IONS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA SOURCES; PLASMA THEORY; PLASMAS; PROGRAMMING THEORY; PROPULSION; RADIO; RADIO WAVES; SPACE PLATFORMS; WAVE PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

AMBIPOLAR THRUSTER; DISCHARGES; HELICON; PERMANENT MAGNET (PM); RADIO FREQUENCY; RADIO-FREQUENCY (RF) PLASMA; RF PLASMA SOURCE;

ELECTRON TUBES;

EID: 59749099051     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.2004039     Document Type: Article

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