Particle simulations of plasma heating in Vasimr

36th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Ilin, Andrew V ^a   Chang Diaz, Franklin R ^a   Squire, Jared P ^a   Breizman, Boris N ^b   Carter, Mark D ^c  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; PLASMAS; PROPULSION; RADIO WAVES;

ANTENNA LOADINGS; MATHEMATICAL SIMULATIONS; PARTICLE SIMULATIONS; POWER COUPLING; POWER-LOSSES; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RF-CIRCUITS; VARIABLE SPECIFIC IMPULSE MAGNETOPLASMA ROCKETS;

PLASMA HEATING;

EID: 84896457431     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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