Interior and exterior laser-induced fluorescence and plasma potential measurements on a laboratory hall thruster

35th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 1-14

  Hargus, W A ^a,b   Cappelli, M A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; FLUORESCENCE; LASER OPTICS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; PROBES; PROPULSION;

ACCELERATION CHANNELS; AXIAL VELOCITY; DISCHARGE VOLTAGES; EMISSIVE PROBE; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; PLASMA POTENTIAL; POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS; RADIAL VELOCITY;

HALL THRUSTERS;

EID: 84963847159     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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