The far-field plasma environment of a hollow cathode assembly

35th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Bilén, Sven G ^a   Domonkos, Matthew T ^a   Gallimore, Alec D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SOURCES; IONOSPHERE; PROPULSION; TEMPERATURE;

DIFFERENT OPERATING CONDITIONS; HOLLOW CATHODES; IONOSPHERIC PLASMAS; LARGE VACUUM TEST FACILITIES; LOW TEMPERATURES; OPERATING CONDITION; PLASMA ENVIRONMENTS; UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN;

CATHODES;

EID: 84963860923     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1999-2861     Document Type: Conference Paper

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