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Plasma Thrusters

Plasma Thruster is a type of electric propulsion device that generates thrust by accelerating ionized gas using electromagnetic fields, distinguished from other propulsion systems by its reliance on low-temperature plasma as the working medium for momentum transfer.

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Physics of Electric Propulsion

R. G. Jahn, F. A. Lyman · Journal of Applied Mechanics · 1969 · 837 citations · Full text

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Mechanisms and Responses of a Single Dielectric Barrier Plasma Actuator: Plasma Morphology

C. L. Enloe, Thomas McLaughlin, Robert D. VanDyken et al. · AIAA Journal · 2004 · 638 citations

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Electric propulsion for satellites and spacecraft: established technologies and novel approaches

Stéphane Mazouffre · Plasma Sources Science and Technology · 2016 · 546 citations · Full text

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Physics of closed drift thrusters

V. V. Zhurin, H. R. Kaufman, R. S. Robinson · Plasma Sources Science and Technology · 1999 · 528 citations

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Plasma oscillations in Hall thrusters

Edgar Choueiri · Physics of Plasmas · 2001 · 510 citations

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  1. YR
    Yevgeny Raitses

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, United States

    57 publications · 3K citations

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  2. NJ
    N. J. Fisch

    Princeton University, United States

    47 publications · 2.6K citations

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  3. RR
    Richard R. Hofer

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States

    43 publications · 2.2K citations

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  4. MK
    Michael Keidar

    George Washington University, United States

    42 publications · 1.8K citations

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  5. DM
    Dan M. Goebel

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States

    34 publications · 1.8K citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    42 h-index

    238 publications

    9.6K citations

  2. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

    Princeton, United States

    37 h-index

    163 publications

    9.4K citations

  3. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    35 h-index

    196 publications

    9.1K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    33 h-index

    161 publications

    7.6K citations

  5. Glenn Research Center

    Cleveland, United States

    31 h-index

    266 publications

    8.2K citations

  6. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    31 h-index

    166 publications

    7.7K citations

  7. Edwards Air Force Base

    Edwards Air Force Base, United States

    24 h-index

    64 publications

    2.9K citations

  8. United States Air Force Research Laboratory

    Wright-Patterson AFB, United States

    24 h-index

    55 publications

    2.3K citations

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  1. Physics of Plasmas

    111 publications · 6.8K citations

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  2. Journal of Propulsion and Power

    162 publications · 6.9K citations

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  3. Journal of Applied Physics

    63 publications · 4.1K citations

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  4. Plasma Sources Science and Technology

    77 publications · 3.7K citations

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  5. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

    83 publications · 2.6K citations

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