Unique hollow cathode as a code validation experiment and candidate non-magnetic ion micro-thruster

35th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Young, Marcus ^a   Muntz, E P ^a   Ketsdever, Andrew D ^b   Wadsworth, Dean C ^b  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; CATHODES; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON SOURCES; EQUIPMENT TESTING; ION PROPULSION; IONIZATION; IONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMA FLOW; PLASMA JETS; PLASMA SIMULATION; PROPULSION;

COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO; DISCHARGE CONDITIONS; ELECTROSTATIC ENERGY ANALYZERS; HOLLOW CATHODE DISCHARGE; ION SATURATION CURRENT; TEST BED ENVIRONMENT;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 84963787995     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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