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Adding a" throttle" to a clustered vacuum arc thruster

Schein et al., 2002

Document ID
3547327376057477828
Author
Schein J
Krishnan M
Polk J
Ziemer J
Publication year
Publication venue
NanoTech 2002-" At the Edge of Revolution"

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A Vacuum Arc Thruster (VAT) has been shown to work over a wide range of operating parameters with a constant, overall efficiency approaching 10%. The combination of vacuum arc thruster heads with an inductive energy storage (IES) power processing unit (PPU) offers …
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