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High-Specific Impulse Hall Thrusters, Part 2: Efficiency Analysis

Richard R. Hofer

QSS Group, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio 44135

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Alec D. Gallimore

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

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Published Online:23 May 2012https://doi.org/10.2514/1.15954

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