High power helicon propulsion experiments

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 746, Issue , 2005, Pages 965-975

  Ziemba, Timothy ^a   Slough, John ^a   Winglee, Robert ^b  

^a MSNW LLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 78751686004     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1867221     Document Type: Conference Paper

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