Field-emission-electric-propulsion (Feep) plasma modeling: 3-d full particle simulations

35th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Tajmar, M ^a   Wang, J ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; FIELD EMISSION; ION BEAMS; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; PROPULSION; SPACECRAFT;

CHARGE EXCHANGES; FIELD EMISSION ELECTRIC PROPULSIONS; FULL PARTICLE SIMULATION; ION SPACE CHARGE; MONTE CARLO COLLISION; NEUTRAL DENSITIES; SPACECRAFT SURFACES; VACUUM CHAMBERS;

COLLISIONAL PLASMAS;

EID: 84963863720     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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