Sheath and boundary conditions for plasma simulations of a Hall thruster discharge with magnetic lenses

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Keidar, Michael ^a   Beilis, Isak I ^b  

^a George Washington University   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALL THRUSTER DISCHARGES; INCIDENCE ANGLES; PLASMA-WALL TRANSITIONS; POTENTIAL DROP; SHEATH EDGE;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTRON OPTICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC LENSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA SIMULATION;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 67049158644     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3132083     Document Type: Article

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