Plasma emission characteristics from a high current hollow cathode in an ion thruster discharge chamber

38th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Foster, John E ^a   Patterson, Michael J ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODE PLASMAS; DISCHARGE CHAMBER; DISCHARGE VOLTAGES; HIGH EMISSION CURRENT; HOLLOW CATHODES; ION ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; PARTICLE ANALYZER; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE;

CATHODES; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ION PROPULSION; IONS; LANGMUIR PROBES; PLASMAS; PROPULSION;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 84896693720     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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