Ion energy diagnostics in the plume of an SPT-100 from thrust axis to backflow region

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

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 1-49

  King, Lyon B ^a,b   Gallimore, Alec D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; HALL THRUSTERS; MOLECULAR BEAMS; PROPULSION;

CHARGE EXCHANGE COLLISION; DAMAGING EFFECTS; ENERGY STRUCTURES; HIGH-ENERGY IONS; MOLECULAR BEAM MASS SPECTROMETER; PLASMA ION ENERGY DISTRIBUTION; SATELLITE DESIGNS; SPACECRAFT SURFACES;

IONS;

EID: 84963893747     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-3641     Document Type: Conference Paper

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