Fully kinetic numerical modeling of a plasma thruster

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2001. === Includes bibliographical references (p. 372-375). === A Hall effect plasma thruster with conductive acceleration channel walls was numerically modeled using 2D3V Particle-in-Cell (PIC) and Monte-C...

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Main Author: Szabo, James Joseph, 1969-
Other Authors: Manuel Martinez-Sanchez.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2005
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8889