The origins of accelerator grid current: Analysis of t5-grid test results

35th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Crofton, Mark W ^a   Boyd, Lain D ^b  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; PROPULSION;

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS; CHARGE EXCHANGES; COULOMB COLLISION; DISCHARGE PLASMA; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; HIGH PROBABILITY; OPERATING POINTS; PRECISION FABRICATION;

ION ENGINES;

EID: 84963813546     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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