Plasma Generation Near an Ion Thruster Discharge Chamber Hollow Cathode

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Katz, Ira ^a   Anderson, John R ^a   Goebel, Dan M ^a   Wirz, Richard ^a   Sengupta, Anita ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS; DISCHARGE CHAMBER; ELECTRON BOMBARDMENTS; ELECTRON CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROSTATIC THRUSTERS; HOLLOW CATHODES; PLASMA GENERATION; PROPELLANT FLOW;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ENGINES; PLASMA DENSITY; PROPELLANTS; PROPULSION;

CATHODES;

EID: 84897788650     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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