A small diagnostics facility for electric propulsion issues: Initial hollow cathode results

37th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Crofton, Mark W ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; ELECTRON SOURCES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; TEST FACILITIES;

DIFFUSION PUMPS; DIODE-LASER SPECTROMETER; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; HOLLOW CATHODES; REAL-TIME DETECTION; RESIDUAL GAS ANALYZERS; RETARDING POTENTIAL ANALYZER; TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETERS;

CATHODES;

EID: 84983158348     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1999-454     Document Type: Conference Paper

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