Very-near-field plume study of a 1.35 kw SPT-100

32nd Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Kim, Sang Wook ^a   Foster, John E ^a   Gallimore, Alec D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ION BEAMS; IONS; LANGMUIR PROBES; PLASMA DEVICES; PROPULSION;

COMPETING EFFECTS; DIFFUSIVE PROCESS; DISCHARGE CHAMBER; ELECTRON NUMBER DENSITIES; HIGH-SPEED ELECTRONICS; ION CURRENT DENSITY; MAGNETIC FIELD CONFINEMENT; STATIONARY PLASMA THRUSTER;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 85087240084     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-2972     Document Type: Conference Paper

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