1.Beijing Institute of Control Engineering,Beijing 100190,China;2.Advanced Space Propulsion Laboratory,Beijing Institute of Control Engineering,Beijing 100190,China;3.Beijing Engineering Research Center of Efficient and Green Aerospace Propulsion Technology,Beijing 100190,China
HU Peng1,2,3,WU Peng-an1,2,3,MAO Wei1,2,3,HU Yan-lin1,2,3,GENG Jin-yue1,2,3,ZHOU Lei1,2,3,SHEN Yan1,2,3. Progress on Multi-Cusped Field Thruster[J]. Journal of Propulsion Technology, 2020, 41(1): 38-48.
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