The air force clustered hall thruster program

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

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Hargus Jr , W A ^a   Reed, G ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WE Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CATHODES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRON EMISSION; HALL THRUSTERS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MILITARY AVIATION; PLASMA OSCILLATIONS; PROPULSION;

CATHODE CURRENTS; CLUSTER INTERACTIONS; DISCHARGE CHAMBER; ION CURRENT DENSITY; ION-CURRENT MEASUREMENT; LINEAR SUPERPOSITIONS; THRUSTER INTERACTION; TRANSIENT INTERACTIONS;

POWER QUALITY;

EID: 85088719036     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-3678     Document Type: Conference Paper

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