Efficient Plasma Production in low background neutral pressures with the M2P2 prototype

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Ziemba, T ^a   Euripides, P ^a   Winglee, R ^a   Slough, J ^a   Giersch, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA SOURCES; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

BACKGROUND PRESSURE; CONTINUOUS OPERATION; DIPOLE MAGNETIC FIELDS; HIGH-SPEED PROPULSIONS; MAGNETOSPHERIC PLASMAS; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT; UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON;

MAGNETOPLASMA;

EID: 85087190316     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-5222     Document Type: Conference Paper

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