Extending hollow cathode life for electric propulsion in long-term missions

A Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Space 2004 Conference and Exposition

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 841-852

  Goebel, Dan M ^a,b   Katz, Ira ^a,b   Polk, James ^a,b   Mikellides, Ioannis G ^a,b   Jameson, Kristina K ^a,b   Liu, Thomas ^a,b   Dougherty, Ryan ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Advanced Propulsion Technology Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLLOW CATHODES; NUCLEAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION (NEP); PLASMA MODELS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

BARIUM; CATHODES; ELECTROSTATICS; EVAPORATION; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; HALL EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA SOURCES; SPACE STATIONS; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ELECTRIC PROPULSION;

EID: 18844364679     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (16)

1. Sarver-Verfiey, T.R., "28,000 Hour Xenon Hollow Cathode Life Test," IEPC Paper 97-168, November 1997.
2. Sengupta, A., Brophy, J. R., Goodfellow, K. D." Status Of The Extended Life Test Of The Deep Space 1 Flight Spare Ion Engine After 30,352 Hours of Operation", AIAA Paper 03-4558, July 2003.
3. Palluel, P., and Shroff, A.M., "Experimental Study of Impregnated-Cathode Behavior, Emission, and Life," Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 51, No. 5, 1980, pp. 2894-2902.
4. D.M. Goebel, K. Jameson , R. Watkins, I. Katz, "Hollow Cathode and Keeper-Region Plasma Measurements Using Ultra-Fast Miniature Scanning Probes", AIAA-2004-3430, July 2004.
5. Mikellides, I., Katz, I., Goebel, D. and Polk, J., "Theoretical Model of a Hollow Cathode Insert Plasma," AIAA Paper 04-3817, July 2004.
6. R. Doerner, G.R. Tynan, E. Oyerzabal, K Taylor, D.M. Goebel, I. Katz, "Plasma Surface Interaction Studies for Next-Generation Ion Thrusters" AIAA-2004-4104, July 2004.
7. R.D. Doemer, et al., J. Appl. Phys. 95 (2004) 4471
8. Polk, J., Marrese, C., Thornber, B., Dang, L., and Johnson, L., "Temperature Distributions in Hollow Cathode Emitters," AIAA Paper 04-4116, July 2004.
9. th AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference, Fort Lauderdale, FL, July 11-14, 2004.
10. th AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference, Fort Lauderdale, FL, July 11-14, 2004.
11. Siegfried, D.E., and Wilbur, P.J., "An Investigation of Mercury Hollow Cathode Phenomena," AIAA Paper 78-705, April 1978
12. Domonkos, M.T., Gallimore, A.D., Williams, G.J., Patterson, M.J., AIAA Paper 99-2572, June 1999.
13. Stringer, T.E., "Electrostatic Instabilities in Current-Carrying and Counterstreaming Plasmas," Plasma Physics, J. Nucl. Energy, Part C, Vol. 6, 1964, pp. 267-269.
14. Sagdeev, R.Z., Proceedings of the 18th Symposium in Applied Mathematics, 1967 (unpublished) p. 281.
15. Dushman, S., "Electron Emission from Metals as a Function of Temperature," Phys. Rev., Vol. 21, No. 6, 1923, pp. 623-636.
16. J. Polk, "Reservoir Cathode for High Power Ion Thrusters", AIAA-2004-3970, July 2004.