JPL Space Science & Technology Series
Joseph H. Yuen, Editor-in-Chief

Fundamentals of Electric Propulsion: Ion and Hall Thrusters Hard copies are published by John Wiley & Sons
	Dan M. Goebel  (About the Author) Ira Katz  (About the Author)
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	Note from the Series Editor	xi
	Foreword	xiii
	Preface	xv
	Acknowledgments	xvii
	Chapter 1: Introduction	1
	Chapter 2: Thruster Principles	15
	Chapter 3: Basic Plasma Physics	37
	Chapter 4: Ion Thruster Plasma Generators	91
	Chapter 5: Ion Thruster Accelerator Grids	189
	Chapter 6: Hollow Cathodes	243
	Chapter 7: Hall Thrusters	325
	Chapter 8: Ion and Hall Thrusters Plumes	393
	Chapter 9: Flight Ion and Hall Thrusters	429
	Appendix A Nomenclature	447
	Appendix B Gas Flow Unit Conversions and Cathode Pressure Estimates	463
	Appendix C Energy Loss by Electrons	467
	Appendix D Ionization and Excitation Cross Sections for Xenon	471
	Appendix E Ionization and Excitation Reaction Rates for Xenon in Maxwellian Plasmas	475
	Appendix F Electron Relaxation and Thermalization Times	479
	Appendix G Clausing Factor Monte Carlo Calculation	483