Field emission array cathodes for electric propulsion systems

34th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Marrese, Colleen M ^a   Gallimore, Alec D ^b   Polk, James E ^a   Goodfellow, Keith D ^a   Jensen, Kevin L ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION DISPLAYS; PROBES; PROPULSION;

CATHODE PERFORMANCE; ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEMS; FIELD EMISSION ARRAYS; FIELD EMISSION CURRENTS; GATE VOLTAGES; LOCAL PRESSURES; NEUTRAL PARTICLES; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON;

FIELD EMISSION CATHODES;

EID: 85088749732     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-3484     Document Type: Conference Paper

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