Hall thruster plume shield wake structure

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Pollard, James E ^a   Diamant, Kevin D ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND PRESSURE; DIRECTIONAL DETECTOR; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; LOW-ENERGY PEAKS; PLASMA POTENTIAL; RETARDING POTENTIAL ANALYZER; THRUSTER PLUMES; WAKE STRUCTURES;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; HALL THRUSTERS; LANGMUIR PROBES; PROBES; PROPULSION; WAKES;

IONS;

EID: 84897819764     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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