Characterization of a laboratory hall thruster with electrical probes and comparisons with a 2D hybrid PIC-MCC model

35th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 1-12

  Perot, C ^a   Gascon, N ^a   Bechu, S ^a   Lasgorceix, P ^a   Dudeck, M ^a   Garrigues, L ^b   Boeuf, J P ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; PLASMA DENSITY; PROBES; PROPULSION;

ELECTRICAL PROBES; ELECTROSTATIC PROBE; LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATIONS; NOMINAL OPERATING POINT; PLASMA PARAMETER; PLASMA PLUMES; TIME INTERVAL;

HALL THRUSTERS;

EID: 84963830487     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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