A particle and energy balance model of the orificed hollow cathode

38th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Domonkos, Matthew T ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ELECTRON SOURCES; ENERGY BALANCE; ORIFICES; PLASMA DEVICES; PROPULSION; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CATHODE DESIGN; CATHODE PERFORMANCE; DOUBLE LAYERS; ENERGY BALANCE MODELS; FREE PARAMETERS; HOLLOW CATHODES; MODEL PREDICTION; PLASMA PROPERTIES;

CATHODES;

EID: 85086613722     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-4240     Document Type: Conference Paper

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