Method for analyzing E×B probe spectra from Hall thruster plumes

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Shastry, Rohit ^a,b   Hofer, Richard R ^a,c   Reid, Bryan M ^b   Gallimore, Alec D ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Electric Propulsion Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATED VALUES; CHARGE EXCHANGES; CORRECTION MODELS; CURRENT FRACTIONS; EXIT PLANES; ION SPECIES; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING PRESSURE; PEAK BROADENING; PLUME ATTENUATION; SINGLE-POINT MEASUREMENT; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; THRUSTER PLUMES;

CHARGE TRANSFER; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; PLASMAS; PROBES; PROPULSION;

HALL THRUSTERS;

EID: 77957847355     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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