Langmuir probe measurements in the discharge channel of a 6-kW Hall thruster

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Reid, Bryan M ^a,b   Gallimore, Alec D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Plasmadynamics and Electric Propulsion Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; FLOW RATE; HALL THRUSTERS; IONS; LANGMUIR PROBES; LOCATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

CYLINDRICAL LANGMUIR PROBE; ELECTRON-NEUTRAL COLLISIONS; FLOATING POTENTIALS; HIGH SPEED POSITIONING SYSTEM; LANGMUIR PROBE MEASUREMENTS; MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS; MAGNETIC FIELD TOPOLOGY; ORBITAL MOTION LIMITEDS;

ELECTRON TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77957849291     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-4920     Document Type: Conference Paper

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