Survey on FEEP neutralizer options

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

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Tajmar, M ^a  

^a ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE CATHODES; ELECTRIC PROPULSION THRUSTERS; ELECTRON CURRENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATIONS; FIELD EMISSION ARRAYS; FIELD EMISSION ELECTRIC PROPULSIONS; SPACECRAFT CHARGING; SYSTEM INTEGRATION;

ELECTRODES; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; PROPULSION;

THERMIONIC CATHODES;

EID: 84896694131     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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