Experimentally determined neutral density and plasma parameters in a 30cm ion engine

40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Sengupta, Anita ^a   Goebel, Dan ^a   Fitzgerald, Dennis ^a   Owens, Al ^a   Tynan, George ^b   Doerner, Russ ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL LOCATIONS; CENTERLINES; CERAMIC TUBES; DISCHARGE CHAMBER; DISCHARGE CONDITIONS; DISCHARGE PLUME; DISCHARGE VOLTAGES; DOUBLE BORE; ELECTRON DENSITIES; ELECTRON DENSITY RANGES; ELECTRON ENERGY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRON POPULATION; EMISSION INTENSITY; ENERGY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FIBEROPTIC PROBES; FIRST DERIVATIVE; GROUND STATE TRANSITION; ION ENGINES; MAXWELLIAN DISTRIBUTION; NEUTRAL DENSITIES; OPTICAL FIBER PROBE; PHOTON FLUX; PLANAR LANGMUIR PROBES; PLASMA PARAMETER; PLASMA POTENTIAL; PLASMA PROPERTIES; PLASMA REGION; PRIMARY ELECTRONS; PROBE CHARACTERISTICS; PROBE LOCATION; RADIAL DISTANCE; SPATIAL LOCATION; SPATIALLY RESOLVED;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DATA REDUCTION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; FIBERS; GAS DISCHARGE TUBES; ION BEAMS; ION PROPULSION; LANGMUIR PROBES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LOCATION; MAGNETRONS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA DEVICES; PROBES; PROPULSION; STAINLESS STEEL; WINDOWS; XENON;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 77957832594     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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