Electron cloud in accelerators

R Cimino, T Demma - International Journal of Modern Physics A, 2014 - World Scientific
Low energy electrons in accelerators are known to interact with the circulating beam, giving
rise to the formation of a so-called e-cloud. Such e-cloud may induce detrimental effects on …

On secondary electron emission and its semi-empirical description

P Tolias - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The description of secondary electron emission, as presented by plasma-material interaction
fusion compendia, is demonstrated to be outdated both in its theoretical and experimental …

Kinetic simulations of a plasma thruster

F Taccogna, R Schneider, S Longo… - … Sources Science and …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
The modelling of the Hall thruster SPT-100 is a very important issue in view of the increasing
importance of such propulsion devices in space applications. Only kinetic models can …

Secondary electron yield measurements on materials of interest to vacuum electron communication devices

T Malik, M Gilmore, S Portillo… - 2020 IEEE 21st …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Vacuum electron devices (VEDs) can experience degraded performance, including
complete failure, due to multipactor breakdown (MPB). This effect is tied to the production …

MAST-SEY: MAterial Simulation Toolkit for Secondary Electron Yield. A monte carlo approach to secondary electron emission based on complex dielectric functions

MP Polak, D Morgan - Computational Materials Science, 2021 - Elsevier
MAST-SEY is an open-source Monte Carlo code capable of calculating secondary electron
emission using input data generated entirely from first principle (density functional theory) …

Surface ionizing dose deposited by low energy electrons (10 eV–10 keV) in eleven monoatomic materials: Monte Carlo calculations and analytical expressions

Q Gibaru, C Inguimbert, P Caron, M Belhaj… - Applied Surface …, 2022 - Elsevier
An analytical formula for the ionizing dose of low energy electrons is proposed. The
expressions have been validated for 11 monatomic elements (C, Be, Al, Si, Ti, Ni, Cu, Ge …

Particle‐in‐Cell Simulation of Stationary Plasma Thruster

F Taccogna, S Longo, M Capitelli… - … to Plasma Physics, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
A very good example for the application of PIC techniques for detailed studies of low‐
temperature plasmas is the Hall thrusters. Here, a variety of models with different …

Surface‐Driven Asymmetry and Instability in the Acceleration Region of Hall Thruster

F Taccogna, S Longo, M Capitelli… - … to Plasma Physics, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
It has been shown experimentally that the channel wall material has a substantial effect on
the behaviour of Hall discharges. For this reason, the radial profile inside the Hall thruster …

[HTML][HTML] ISWAT spacecraft surface charging review

JI Minow, VK Jordanova, D Pitchford… - Advances in Space …, 2024 - Elsevier
The natural space environment exerts many harmful (called “space weather”) effects on
spacecraft in orbit around the Earth as well as probes to other planets. The main hazards …

Calculation of the angular dependence of the total electron yield

N Bundaleski, M Belhaj, T Gineste, OMND Teodoro - Vacuum, 2015 - Elsevier
Secondary electron emission plays an important role in many applications such as scanning
electron microscopy, space applications and accelerator technologies. Secondary electron …