Ion species fractions in the far-field plume of a high-specific impulse Hall thruster

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Hofer, Richard R ^a   Gallimore, Alec D ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NASA; PROBES; PROPULSION;

CENTERLINES; DISCHARGE VOLTAGES; EXIT PLANES; HIGH SPECIFIC IMPULSE; ION SPECIES; LABORATORY MODELS; MASS ANALYZERS; OVER DISCHARGE;

HALL THRUSTERS;

EID: 85088345006     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-5001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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