Optical spectroscopy investigation of N2-CH4 plasma jets simulating Titan atmospheric entry conditions

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Ndiaye, A A ^a   Lago, V ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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Indexed keywords

ARC PLASMA; ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY; ATMOSPHERIC RE-ENTRY; ELECTRONIC TRANSITION; ENTHALPY FLUXES; MOLECULAR SPECIES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPTICAL EMISSIONS; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMA ENVIRONMENTS; PLASMA PARAMETER; ROTATIONAL TEMPERATURE; SUPERSONIC SPEED; THERMAL PROTECTION; TITAN'S ATMOSPHERE; VIBRATIONAL TEMPERATURE;

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EID: 79551708395     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: 13616595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/20/1/015015     Document Type: Article

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