Hollow cathode ignition and life model

41st AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Tighe, William G ^a   Chien, Kuei Ru ^a   Goebel, Dan M ^b   Longo, Robert T ^c  

^a TITAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Bldg 230/1026 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON STREAMS; EXPECTED LIFE; HOLLOW CATHODES; LIFE MODELS; LIFE-TESTS; PHYSICAL MODEL; SELF-HEATING; THERMIONIC SOURCES; TWO PHASIS; XENON ION PROPULSION SYSTEMS;

ION PROPULSION; NASA; XENON;

PROPULSION;

EID: 84888494918     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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