Ion velocity measurements within the acceleration channel of a low-power Hall thruster

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 36, Issue 5 PART 1, 2008, Pages 1989-1997

  Hargus Jr , William A ^a   Nakles, Michael R ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Anodes; Electric fields; Fluorescence; Hall effect devices; Laser beams; Magnetic fields; Plasma measurements; Propulsion; Xenon

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANODES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONS; FLUORESCENCE; GALVANOMAGNETIC EFFECTS; GYRATORS; HALL EFFECT; HALL EFFECT DEVICES; LASER BEAMS; LASERS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA JETS; PLASMAS; PROPELLANTS; PROPULSION; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; XENON;

ACCELERATION CHANNELS; APPLIED ELECTRIC FIELDS; CENTERLINE; DISCHARGE POTENTIALS; ELECTRON TRANSPORTS; EXCITED-STATE; HALL THRUSTERS; ION ACCELERATIONS; ION VELOCITIES; ION VELOCITY DISTRIBUTIONS; ION VELOCITY MEASUREMENTS; LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; LOW-POWER; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PLASMA MEASUREMENTS; PROPELLANT FLOWS; SMALL VARIATIONS;

IONS;

EID: 59749102558     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.2003967     Document Type: Article

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