Direct thrust measurements and modelling of a radio-frequency expanding plasma thruster

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Lafleur, T ^a   Takahashi, K ^a,b   Charles, C ^a   Boswell, R W ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON PRESSURES; EXPANDING PLASMAS; LASER DISPLACEMENT SENSORS; MAXIMUM THRUST; PLASMA PARAMETER; PLASMA THRUSTERS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; THRUST MEASUREMENT;

FLOW RATE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA DEVICES;

PLASMAS;

EID: 80052396069     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3610570     Document Type: Article

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