Testing and analysis of N.E.X.T. ion engine discharge cathode assembly wear

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Domonkos, Matthew T ^a,c   Foster, John E ^a   Soulas, George C ^a   Nakles, Michael ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATIONS; CATHODE ASSEMBLIES; DISCHARGE CATHODE KEEPERS; ION CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; NASA EVOLUTIONARY XENON THRUSTERS; PLASMA POTENTIAL; SPUTTER YIELDS; SPUTTERING YIELDS;

CATHODES; NASA; ORIFICES; PROPULSION; SPUTTERING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 84897775542     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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