[HTML][HTML] Spatially resolved Thomson scattering measurements of electron properties across the acceleration region of a high-power magnetically shielded Hall effect …

J Lopez-Uricoechea, JL Suazo Betancourt… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Noninvasive measurements of electron properties in a Hall effect thruster (HET) are needed
to understand the physical processes in the acceleration region and to validate simulations …

[HTML][HTML] Bayesian-inverted laser Thomson scattering measurements indicate electrostatic erosion pathways in magnetically-shielded Hall effect thrusters

JL Suazo Betancourt, J Lopez-Uricoechea… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Magnetically shielded Hall effect thrusters suffer from pole erosion as their life-limiting
mechanism. However, the dominant physical mechanism causing this erosion remains …

[HTML][HTML] Spatially resolved laser Thomson scattering measurements in a negative glow and cathode presheath to investigate a 1D sheath model

J Lopez-Uricoechea, JL Suazo Betancourt… - Physics of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
This paper presents spatially resolved laser Thomson scattering measurements in a cathode
presheath and describes a new approximation for the electric field at the plasma-sheath …