Open AccessAdvancing the Microcathode Arc Thruster: Effect of the Ablative Anode
Author(s) -
Samantha Hurley,
D.B. Zolotukhin,
Michael Keidar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of propulsion and power
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1533-3876
pISSN - 0748-4658
DOI - 10.2514/1.b37145
Subject(s) - anode , specific impulse , ablative case , materials science , current (fluid) , ion current , ion thruster , thrust , nuclear engineering , mechanics , impulse (physics) , arc (geometry) , electrically powered spacecraft propulsion , ion , vacuum arc , aerospace engineering , plasma , electrode , propulsion , mechanical engineering , physics , engineering , thermodynamics , nuclear physics , medicine , quantum mechanics , radiation therapy