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Results from experimental studies of the structure of high-frequency waves near the exit plane of a stationary plasma thruster are presented. The role played by such waves in the electron transport across the magnetic field is discussed on the basis of the obtained experimental data.
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Original Russian Text © O.A. Gorshkov, D.A. Tomilin, A.A. Shagaida, 2012, published in Fizika Plazmy, 2012, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 298–304.
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Gorshkov, O.A., Tomilin, D.A. & Shagaida, A.A. Experimental study on the structure of high-frequency perturbations near the exit plane of a stationary plasma thruster with a high specific impulse. Plasma Phys. Rep. 38, 271–277 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X12020055
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