Fully kinetic modeling of a divergent cusped-field thruster

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2009. === Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. === Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-55). === A fully kinetic, particle-in-cell plasma simulation tool has been incrementally developed by members of...

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Main Author: Gildea, Stephen Robert
Other Authors: Manuel Martinez-Sanchez.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/54613