Physics, simulation and diagnostics of Hall effect thrusters

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Adam, J C ^a   Boeuf, J P ^b   Dubuit, N ^a,b   Dudeck, M ^c   Garrigues, L ^b   Gresillon, D ^d   Heron, A ^a   Hagelaar, G J M ^b   Kulaev, V ^c   Lemoine, N ^c   Mazouffre, S ^c   Perez Luna, J ^b   Pisarev, V ^d   Tsikata, S ^d  

^a CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ANOMALOUS TRANSPORT; AZIMUTHAL INSTABILITY; CHARGED PARTICLE TRANSPORT; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; HALL EFFECT THRUSTERS; HIGH FREQUENCY; HYBRID MODEL; ION VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; MODEL PREDICTION; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PARTICLE-IN-CELL MODEL; PIC CODES; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; SIMULATION CODE; TRANSPORT COEFFICIENT;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRON MOBILITY; EXPERIMENTS; GYRATORS; HALL EFFECT; HALL EFFECT DEVICES; HYBRID SENSORS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA STABILITY; PLASMA TURBULENCE; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; VELOCITY CONTROL;

SIMULATORS;

EID: 67649183862     PISSN: 07413335     EISSN: 13616587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0741-3335/50/12/124041     Document Type: Article

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