Helicon Plasma Thruster (IMAGE)

Tohoku University

Helicon Plasma Thruster

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(a) Photograph of the helicon plasma thruster at Tohoku University. (b) The measured plasma pressure profile and the particle dynamics relating to the loss of axial momentum loss.

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Kazunori Takahashi

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