The effects of clustering multiple Hall thrusters on plasma plume properties

39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Beal, Brian E ^a   Gallimore, Alec D ^a   Hargus Jr , William A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; HALL THRUSTERS; ION BEAMS; IONS; PROBES; PROPULSION; THERMAL PLUMES;

BOLTZMANN RELATION; CHARGE EXCHANGES; DOWNSTREAM DISTANCES; ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEMS; ELECTRON NUMBER DENSITIES; HIGH POWER LEVEL; LINEAR SUPERPOSITIONS; TRIPLE LANGMUIR PROBES;

ELECTRON TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85085402320     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-5155     Document Type: Conference Paper

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