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Empirical aspects of a Mini-Helicon Plasma Thruster Experiment (mHTX@MIT) (2006) read it

Physics and application of impurity plume dispersal as an edge plasma flow diagnostic on the Alcator C-Mod tokamak

Gangadhara, Sanjay, 1972- (2003)

  • Advisor: Brian LaBombard
  • Department of Nuclear Engineering
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Instrument development and plasma measurements on a 200-watt Hall thruster plume

Azziz, Yassir, 1979- (2003)

  • Advisor: Manuel Martinez-Sanchez
  • Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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An analysis of energy balance in a helicon plasma source for space propulsion

Pucci, Justin Matthew (2007)

  • Advisor: Manuel Martínez Sánchez
  • Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Experimental and theoretical characterization of a Hall thruster plume

Azziz, Yassir, 1979- (2007)

  • Advisor: Manuel Martinez-Sanchez
  • Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Theoretical and experimental investigation of Hall thruster miniaturization

Warner, Noah Zachary, 1978- (2007)

  • Advisor: Manuel Martínez-Sánchez
  • Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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An exploration of prominent cusped-field thruster phenomena : the hollow conical plume and anode current bifurcation

Matlock, Taylor Scott (2012)

  • Advisor: Manuel Martinez-Sanchez
  • Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Development of the plasma thruster particle-in-cell simulator to complement empirical studies of a low-power cusped-field thruster

Gildea, Stephen Robert (2012)

  • Advisor: Manuel Martínez-Sánchez
  • Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Development of probes for assessment of ion heat transport and sheath heat flux in the boundary of the Alcator C-Mod Tokamak

Lohmeyer, Daniel Frederick, 1975- (2013)

  • Advisor: Brian L. LaBombard
  • Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
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Investigation of plasma potential enhancement in the scrape-off layer of ion cyclotron range of frequencies heated discharges on Alcator C-Mod

Ochoukov, Roman Igorevitch (2013)

  • Advisor: Dennis G. Whyte
  • Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
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Controlled precipitation of energetic Van Allen belt protons by electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves : scientific and engineering implications

De Soria-Santacruz Pich, Maria (2014)

  • Advisor: Manuel Martinez-Sanchez
  • Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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