Fundamentals of the plasma sail concept: MHD and kinetic studies

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Khazanov, G ^a   Delamere, P ^b   Kabin, K ^c   Linde, T J ^d   Krivorutsky, E ^e  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC THEORY; MAGNETIC BUBBLES; MAGNETOSPHERE; MOMENTUM; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; PROPULSION; SOLAR WIND;

HYBRID SIMULATION; INITIAL CONDITIONS; KINETIC APPROACH; MAGNETOSPHERIC PLASMAS; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; PLANETARY MAGNETOSPHERE; PROPULSION SYSTEM; STAND-OFF DISTANCE (SOD);

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 85086617065     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-5225     Document Type: Conference Paper

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