Emitter temperature distributions in the NSTAR discharge hollow cathode

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

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Polk, Jay ^a   Grubisic, Angelo ^b   Taheri, Nazli ^c   Goebel, Dan ^d   Downey, Ryan ^a   Hornbeck, Sarah ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b M/S 125 109 ^*  (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL SPACE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODE LIFE; EMITTER TEMPERATURE; FLOW-RATE; HOLLOW CATHODES; ION THRUSTER; LIMITING PROCESS; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; NOMINAL OPERATIONS; NON-CONTACT; OPERATING CONDITION; ORIFICE DIAMETERS; THERMAL BEHAVIORS;

PROPULSION;

TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84888568183     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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