Abstract Development of electrodeless radiofrequency plasma thrusters, eg, a helicon
thruster, has been one the of challenging topics for future high-power and long-lived electric …

Innovations for terrestrial transportation technologies, eg, cars, aircraft, and so on, have
driven historical industries so far, and a similar breakthrough is now occurring in space …

REGULUS is a propulsion platform for CubeSats. It integrates the Magnetically Enhanced
Thruster (MET) and its subsystems (ie, fluidic line, electronics, and thermo-structural …

This article is devoted to the presentation of a numerical model of a Helicon Plasma Thruster
(HPT) which relies on: 1) the 3-D adVanced fluId dRifT diffUsion plaSma solver (3D …

An axisymmetric fluid model for weakly-collisional, magnetized electrons is introduced and
coupled to a particle-in-cell model for heavy species to simulate electrodeless plasma …

A cathode-less radio frequency (RF) thruster is a plasma-based system for space
propulsion. It consists on a source for plasma generation driven by an RF antenna and a …

The experimental characterization of electrodeless plasma thrusters with a magnetic nozzle
is fundamental in the process of increasing their maturity to reach the industrialization level …

This thesis is dedicated to the development of several diagnostics for the characterization of
electric propulsion devices in general and of RF and helicon plasma thrusters in particular …

ELECTRODELESS plasma thrusters have been vigorously investigated for high-power and
long-lived electric propulsion devices in recent years, where no electrode is directly …

Ce travail de thèse porte sur le propulseur électrique de type ECR (résonance cyclotron
électronique) développé à l'ONERA. Ce propulseur quasi-neutre, qui utilise une tuyère …