An experimental investigation of the effects of environmental pressure on the exhaust of a coaxial plasma gun

A coaxial plasma accelerator system was restored to working order and procedures for operating the system were established. Gold was used as the working material and was mounted as a thin circular foil between coaxial electrodes, ionized, and accelerated by discharging a high energy capacitor across...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Michael J.
Other Authors: Wooten, David C.
Language:en_US
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/12168