TEST RESULTS FOR A CESIUM ELECTRON BOMBARDMENT ION MOTOR
Cesium electron bombardment ion source for electrostatic propulsion
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Electrode materials for cesium contact ion engines.
Focusing and accelerating electrode materials for cesium contact ion engines, noting advantages of copper, beryllium and molybdenum
ELECTRODE↗
Performance of a cesium bombardment ion engine with a self-rectifying discharge and automatic controls.
Cesium bombardment ion engine performance, giving starting circuit and automatic discharge power control system
PROPULSION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE↗
Deflectable beam linear strip cesium contact ion thruster system
Deflectable dual beam, linear strip cesium contact, ion thruster system design and performance testing
Dulgeroff, C. R.↗
Cesium contact ion microthruster experiment aboard applications technology satellite /ATS/ IV.
Cesium contact ion microthrustor experiment onboard ATS 4, measuring emission currents and spacecraft potentials
Bartlett, R. O.↗
Cesium contact ion microthruster experiment aboard applications technology satellite /ATS/ - iv.
Cesium contact ion microthrustor experiment onboard ATS 4, measuring emission currents and spacecraft potentials
Bartlett, R. O.↗
Electrode materials for cesium contact ion thrustors.
Electron-ion emitting characteristics of various electrode materials with cesiated surfaces for cesium contact ion thrustors
CESIUM ENGINE↗
Performance of a cesium bombardment ion engine with a self-rectifying discharge and automatic controls.
Cesium bombardment ion engine performance, giving starting circuit and automatic discharge power control system
Dillon, T. R.↗
Electrostatic propulsion beam divergence effects on spacecraft surfaces, volume 3
Tests were conducted to determine the effects of electrostatic propulsion beam divergence effects on spacecraft surfaces. The subjects discussed are: (1) sensitive surfaces on the ATS 6 spacecraft, (2) the cesium ion source and testing facility, (3) cesium ion effects on thermophysical properties, and (4) simulated charge-exchange ion exposure. The compatibility of the ATS 6 ion engine experiment with the engineering subsystems and other experiments aboard the ATS 6 spacecraft was analyzed.
Kemp, R. F.↗
Interaction Between Ion Beams and Plasmas
Interaction between low energy cesium ion beam and thermal cesium plasma
CESIUM ION↗
Investigation of kilovolt ion sputtering quarterly progress report
Investigation of cesium ion sputtering of monocrystalline copper using radioactive tracer technique
COPPER↗
Charge-exchange collisions between helium ions and cesium vapor in the energy range 1.5-25 kev.
Charge exchange collisions for 1.5-25 kev He ion beam passed through Cs vapor target of various densities, noting cross sections and composition of products
Anderson, L. W.↗
Cesium neutral and ion emission from carburized and oxygenated porous tungsten.
Performance of porous tungsten cesium ion emitters compared for clean oxygenated and carburized surfaces
ION EMISSION↗
Investigation of kilovolt ion sputtering second quarterly progress report
Kilovolt ion sputtering - electron beam focusing of cesium ion beam, radiation detection in copper atoms, ultrahigh vacuum system construction, and spectrometer pulse height
COPPER↗
Caesium ions do not pass the membrane of the giant axon.
Cesium ions do not pass membrane of giant axon
PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENON↗
Ion thrustor electrode surface physics studies Summary report
Vacuum work function, cesiated electron emission S curves, cesium ion emission curves, critical temperature envelope, and desorption energies for thrustor electrode surfaces
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Ionizing mechanisms in a cesium plasma irradiated with a ruby laser
A cesium filled diode--laser plasmadynamic converter was built to investigate the feasibility of converting laser energy to electrical energy at large power levels. Experiments were performed with a pulsed ruby laser to determine the quantity of electrons and cesium ions generated per pulse of laser beam and to determine the output voltage. A current density as high as 200 amp/sq cm from a spot of approximately 1 sq mm area and an open circuit voltage as high as 1.5 volts were recorded. A qualitative theory was developed to explain these results. In the operation of the device, the laser beam evaporates some of the cesium and ionizes the cesium gas. A dense cesium plasma is formed to absorb further the laser energy. Results suggest that the simultaneous absorption of two ruby laser photons by the cesium atoms plays an important role in the initial ionization of cesium. Inverse bremsstrahlung absorption appears to be the dominant mechanism in subsequent processes. Recombinations of electrons and cesium ions appear to compete favorably with the simultaneous absorption of two photons.
Shimada, K.↗
Cesium electron bombardment ion engines.
Comparison of electromagnet and permanent magnet versions of electron bombardment cesium ion engine
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