Mini-helicon plasma thruster characterization

44th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Batishchev, Oleg V ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM NEUTRALIZATION; COMPACT DESIGNS; DISCHARGE CHAMBER; EXHAUST PLUMES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAS DISCHARGE; GAS UTILIZATION; HEAT LOADS; HELICON PLASMA; HIGH ENERGY; INNER WALLS; MOLECULAR NITROGEN; NONUNIFORM; PLASMA BEAM; PLASMA INITIATION; POWER DENSITIES; RF-POWER; SYSTEM INTEGRATION; TARGET GAS; TRANSITION LINES;

ARGON; HELICONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NITROGEN; PLASMAS; PROPULSION; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 77957837750     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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