Direct thrust measurement of a permanent magnet helicon double layer thruster

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 14, 2011, Pages

  Takahashi, K ^a,d   Lafleur, T ^a   Charles, C ^a   Alexander, P ^a   Boswell, R W ^a   Perren, M ^b   Laine, R ^b   Pottinger, S ^c   Lappas, V ^c   Harle, T ^c   Lamprou, D ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE LAYERS; ELECTRON PRESSURES; HIGH SENSITIVITY; INPUT POWER; LASER DISPLACEMENT SENSORS; LOW PRESSURES; MAXIMUM THRUST; THRUST MEASUREMENT;

MAGNETIC DEVICES; PERMANENT MAGNETS; PLASMA DENSITY;

HELICONS;

EID: 79954527920     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3577608     Document Type: Article

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