Electron emission for electrodynamic tether systems in space

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

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Fuhrhop, Keith R ^a,b   Morris, Dave ^a,b   Gilchrist, Brian E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST CHOICE; DEORBITS; ELECTRODYNAMIC TETHER SYSTEM; ELECTRON EMITTERS; FIELD EMITTER; FIELD EMITTER ARRAYS; GATE CONFIGURATION; HOLLOW CATHODES; LOW POWER; LOW-POWER SYSTEMS; ORBIT TIME; POWER CONSUMPTION; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES; TETHER SYSTEM;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ELECTRODES; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTRONS; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; PROPULSION; TETHERLINES;

THERMIONIC CATHODES;

EID: 77957837078     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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