Low-pressure, high-density, and supersonic plasma flow generated by a helicon magnetoplasmadynamic thruster

Earth and Planetary Sciences

• Plasma 100%
• Magnetoplasmadynamic Thruster 75%
• Magnetohydrodynamic Flow 50%
• Supersonics 50%
• Magnetoplasmadynamics 50%
• Anode 25%
• Argon 25%
• Plasma Density 25%
• Mach Number 25%
• Thrust 25%
• Magnetic Nozzle 25%
• Efficiency 25%

Engineering

• High Density 75%
• Anode 25%
• Gas Flowrate 25%
• Plasma Source 25%
• Anodes and Cathode 25%
• Plasma Density 25%
• Thruster 25%
• Efficiency 25%
• Low Pressure 25%

Physics

• Magnetohydrodynamic Flow 50%
• Cathode 50%
• Supersonics 50%
• Plasma Density 25%
• Mach Number 25%
• Magnetic Nozzles 25%
• Independent Variables 25%