Publication Date:
2013-08-31
Description:
The following topics are discussed: a whistler-based electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH) thruster; cross-field coupling in the helicon approximation; wave propagation; wave structure; plasma density; wave absorption; the electron distribution function; isothermal and adiabatic plasma flow; ECRH thruster modeling; a PIC code model; electron temperature; electron energy; and initial experimental tests. The discussion is presented in vugraph form.
Keywords:
SPACECRAFT PROPULSION AND POWER
Type:
NASA. Lewis Research Center, Nuclear Propulsion Technical Interchange Meeting, Volume 2; p 1053-1061
Format:
application/pdf