Plasma conditions in the argon discharge of an MPD thruster

35th AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Borghi, Carlo A ^a   Carraro, Mario R ^a   Cristofolini, Andrea ^a   Ghidini, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON DISCHARGES; COLLISIONAL RADIATIVE MODEL; EMITTED RADIATION; IONIZED ARGON; LINE INTENSITIES; MAXWELLIAN DISTRIBUTION; MPD THRUSTERS; PLASMA CONDITIONS;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

MAGNETOPLASMA;

EID: 84897791978     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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