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Hall-Effect Thruster--Cathode Coupling, Part I: Efficiency Improvements from an Extended Outer Pole

Jason D. Sommerville

Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931

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Lyon B. King

Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931

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Published Online:23 May 2012https://doi.org/10.2514/1.50123

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