Operating characteristics of a linear hall thruster with an open electron-drift

35th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Schmidt, D P ^a   Meezan, N B ^a   Hargus, W A ^a   Cappelli, M A ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; PROPULSION;

ACCELERATION CHANNELS; DESIGN CONDITION; ELECTRON DRIFT; FREQUENCY SPECTRA; OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; STABLE OPERATION; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS; VOLTAGE AND CURRENT CHARACTERISTICS;

HALL THRUSTERS;

EID: 84963805071     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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