Hybrid-PIC modeling and electrostatic probe survey of Hall thrusters

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, February 1999. === Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-268). === In order to study the physics of the acceleration process in Hall thrusters, an evolved hybrid particle-in-cell (PIC) numerical model...

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Main Author: Fife, John Michael
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/1721.1/9732