A study of cylindrical Hall thruster for low power space applications

36th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Raitses, Y ^a   Fisch, N J ^a   Ertmer, K M ^a   Burlingame, C A ^a  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPULSION; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

A-CERAMICS; CYLINDRICAL HALL THRUSTERS; LARGE AMPLITUDE; LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATIONS; POWER LEVELS; STATE OF THE ART;

HALL THRUSTERS;

EID: 85029567795     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2000-3421     Document Type: Conference Paper

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