Electromagnetic wave scattering experiments in hall thruster plasma plumes

34th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 1-8

  Gilchrist, Brian E ^a   Davis, Christopher N ^a   Carlson, Douglas O ^a   Gallimore, Alec D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION IN PLASMA; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; HALL THRUSTERS; PROPULSION; WAVE PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

AXIAL VARIATIONS; DENSITY PERTURBATION; GAUSSIAN DENSITY; RESEARCH INSTITUTES; SPECTRAL MODIFICATIONS; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 84963864669     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-3642     Document Type: Conference Paper

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