Latest progress in Hall thrusters plasma modelling

F Taccogna, L Garrigues - Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics, 2019 - Springer
In the last 30 years, numerical models have revealed different physical mechanisms
involved in the Hall thruster functioning leading to a bridge between analytical …

[HTML][HTML] Scaling of spoke rotation frequency within a Penning discharge

AT Powis, JA Carlsson, ID Kaganovich, Y Raitses… - Physics of …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
A rotating plasma spoke is shown to develop in two-dimensional full-sized kinetic
simulations of a Penning discharge cross-section. Electron cross-field transport within the …

Predictive, data-driven model for the anomalous electron collision frequency in a Hall effect thruster

B Jorns - Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Symbolic regression is applied to find a data-driven model for the anomalous cross-field
electron transport in a Hall effect thruster. This model is formulated in terms of an anomalous …

Rotating spoke instabilities in a wall-less Hall thruster: Experiments

S Mazouffre, L Grimaud, S Tsikata… - Plasma Sources …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Properties of rotating spokes have been investigated in the plasma discharge of the
200 W-class permanent magnet ISCT200 Hall thruster (HT) in wall-less (WL) configuration …

Rotating spoke instabilities in a wall-less Hall thruster: Simulations

K Matyash, R Schneider, S Mazouffre… - Plasma Sources …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The low-frequency rotating plasma instability (spoke) in the ISCT200 thruster operating in
the wall-less configuration was simulated with a 3 dimensional PIC MCC code. In the …

[PDF][PDF] Investigation of rotating spoke instabilities in a wall-less hall thruster. Part I: Experiments

S Mazouffre, L Grimaud, S Tsikata… - 35th International …, 2017 - researchgate.net
Rotating plasma inhomogeneities, often termed “rotating spokes”, are observed in various
types of magnetized low pressure plasma discharges created in a crossed electric and …

[PDF][PDF] 3D simulation of rotating spoke in a wall-less Hall thruster

K Matyash, R Schneider - 36th International Electric Propulsion …, 2019 - researchgate.net
The low-frequency rotating plasma instability (spoke) in the ISCT200WL wall-less Hall
thruster was simulated with a 3-dimensional PIC MCC code. In the simulations an m= 1 …

Particle Methods for Modeling Magnetospheric Diagnostics and Low-Temperature Plasma Physics

AT Powis - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Single-particle-motion codes trace the evolution of charged particles within applied
electromagnetic fields. These numerical tools are widely applicable to study the evolution of …