The performance of a 9-kW class magnetically shielded Hall thruster operating on xenon
and krypton propellants is experimentally characterized. Thrust and efficiency …

View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-0842. vid The performance of a 9-
kW class magnetically shielded Hall thruster is characterized at 300 V discharge voltage for …

Calculations of the neutralisation cross-section and relative population of atomic states were
performed for ions beams (1≤ Z≤ 89) at 5 and 40 keV incident on free sodium and …

In order to ensure the space charge compensation of the plume, conventional ion thrusters
need an additional neutralizer to release electrons. When a radio-frequency (RF) voltage is …

In this article, the stability of a complex plasma monolayer levitating in the sheath of the
powered electrode of an asymmetric capacitively coupled radio-frequency argon discharge …

The present work develops a full particle-based model that couples the particle-in-cell plus
Monte Carlo collision (PIC-MCC) simulation for plasma dynamics and the direct simulation …

The performance of a magnetically shielded Hall thruster operating on xenon and krypton is
characterized at discharge current densities up to 10 times greater than its nominal level. A …

Micro direct current (DC) ion thruster has advantages of small volume, light weight and
significantly improved specific impulse performance compared to conventional chemical …

In this paper, optical diagnostics for the internal plasma of a low-power Hall thruster working
on Xe/Kr mixtures is carried out. The emission spectroscopy results show that the atomic and …

A simple analytical model for the planar radio-frequency (rf) sheath in capacitive discharges
is developed that is based on the assumptions of a step profile for the electron front, charge …