Plasma instabilities in the ionization regime of a Hall thruster

39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Gascon, N ^a   Cappelli, M A ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL LOCATIONS; AZIMUTHAL DIRECTION; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ELECTROSTATIC PROBE; LOW FREQUENCY INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC FIELD GRADIENT; PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS; STRONG DEPENDENCES;

ALUMINA; BORON NITRIDE; DISPERSIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA DENSITY; PROBES; PROPULSION; WAVELET DECOMPOSITION;

IONIZATION;

EID: 84897769188     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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