@inproceedings{oai:jaxa.repo.nii.ac.jp:00016767,
 author = {横田, 久美子 and 西山, 和孝 and 田川, 雅人 and 義澤, 康男 and 山本, 大作 and 國中, 均 and Yokota, Kumiko and Nishiyama, Kazutaka and Tagawa, Masahito and Yoshizawa, Yasuo and Yamamoto, Daisaku and Kuninaka, Hitoshi},
 book = {宇宙輸送シンポジウム: 講演集録, Proceedings of Space Transportation Symposium},
 month = {},
 note = {平成20年度宇宙輸送シンポジウム(2009年1月19日-20日, 宇宙航空研究開発機構宇宙科学研究本部), Basic properties of air breathing ion engine (ABIE), which uses upper atmospheric gases as a propellant, were experimentally investigated. Atomic oxygen environment in low Earth orbit was simulated by a laser detonation beam source which has been used for spacecraft material degradation studies. 6 km/s atomic oxygen beam was used for producing oxygen plasma with a prototype of ABIE. It was made clear that the pressure needs to form oxygen plasma is in the range of 10(exp -4) Torr which is similar to that in non-energetic Xe propellant. This result suggested that the hyperthermal atomic oxygen influent into the ABIE was thermalized by a collision at an ABIE reflector. Oxygen ion current of 15 mA at acceleration voltage of 200 V provided a thrust of 120 microN. Propellant utilization efficiency was estimated to be 30 - 40 %, but it would be affected by undecomposed oxygen molecules in the beam., 形態: カラー図版あり, 資料番号: AA0064292074},
 publisher = {宇宙航空研究開発機構宇宙科学研究本部, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)},
 title = {大気吸込式イオンエンジン(ABIE)に関する実験的研究},
 volume = {平成20年度},
 year = {2009}
}