Simulation of plasma detachment in VASIMR

40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Ilin, Andrew V ^a   Chang Diaz, Franklin R ^b   Squire, Tared P ^a   Tarditi, Alfonso G ^b,e   Breizman, Boris N ^c   Carter, Mark D ^d  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^b Muniz Engineering Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

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