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Fundamentals of Electric Propulsion - Ion and Hall Thrusters
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Joseph H. Yuen, Editor-in-Chief
Fundamentals of Electric Propulsion: Ion and Hall Thrusters
Hard copies are published by John Wiley & Sons
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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
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