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Phys Rev Lett
; 92(22): 225003, 2004 Jun 04.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15245232
RESUMO
Measurements of magnetic and electrostatic fluctuations in an applied field magneto-plasma-dynamic thruster have shown that a m/n=1/1 kink mode becomes unstable whenever the Kruskal-Shafranov limit is violated. A positive correlation is established between the kink and performance degradation at high current, which has until now prevented the use of this kind of thruster in space missions.