A numerical study of neutralization and sputtering processes in the NSTAR thruster

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

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Emhoff, Jerold W ^a   Boyd, Iain D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; CURVE-FIT; ION THRUSTER; OPERATING CONDITION; SINGLE APERTURE; SPUTTERED MATERIALS; SPUTTERING PROCESS;

CURVE FITTING; MOLYBDENUM; PROPULSION;

OPTICS;

EID: 84896848950     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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