Introducing the passive anode Surface Emission Cathode

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

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Cooke, David L ^a   Geis, Michael ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FIELD EMISSION DISPLAYS; ION BOMBARDMENT; PROPULSION; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE TETHERS; TETHERLINES;

ELECTRIC FIELD ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRO-DYNAMIC TETHER; HIGH ELECTRIC FIELDS; METAL ELECTRODES; SINGLE ELECTRODES; SPACE ENVIRONMENT; SURFACE EMISSION CATHODES; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

FIELD EMISSION CATHODES;

EID: 85088343277     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-4049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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