Analysis of the Plasma Response in a Hall Thruster

Abstract

This report investigates I dimensional and 2 dimensional hall effect thruster models to better understand the following physics related issues: radial structure of the plasma, lateral wall effects, physics of the subsonic region, no near-total ionization regimes, effects of secondary electron emission from the walls, and reduction of the growth rate of self oscillations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 26, 2002
Accession Number
ADA408340

Entities

People

  • Eduardo Ahedo
  • Felix I. Parra
  • Juan M. Gallardo

Organizations

  • Technical University of Madrid

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Department Of Defense
  • Electric Engines
  • Electric Propulsion
  • Electric Vehicles
  • Electron Emission
  • Electrons
  • Emission
  • Hall Effect
  • Hall Thrusters
  • Information Operations
  • Ionization
  • Oscillation
  • Photoexcitation
  • Thrusters
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster