Advanced Plasma Propulsion

Abstract

This final technical report documents an extensive experimental and theoretical effort, sponsored by AFOSR under Dr. Mitat Birkan and coordinated between research groups at three universities (MIT, Princeton, Stanford) dealing with two main branches of plasma propulsion: Branch I) Ion production and acceleration from non-annular, magnetically insulated thrusters. Branch II) Electrodeless inductive plasma propulsion, specifically the Faraday Accelerator with RF-Assisted Discharge and Conical Theta Pinch (FARAD+CTP).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA564078

Entities

People

  • Ashley Hallock
  • Edgar Choueiri
  • Manuel Martinez-sanchez
  • Mark Cappelli
  • Stephen Gildea
  • Taylor Matlock

Organizations

  • Princeton University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Computational Science
  • Doppler Effect
  • Electric Propulsion
  • Electron Density
  • Electron Energy
  • Electrons
  • Geometry
  • Hall Thrusters
  • Laser Induced Fluorescence
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Measurement
  • Performance Tests
  • Scattering
  • Stratified Fluids

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Research Science/Academic Research

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster