Plume characteristics of the PPPL segmented electrode Hall thruster

39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Diamant, Kevin D ^a   Pollard, James E ^a   Cohen, Ronald B ^a   Raitses, Yevgeny ^b   Fisch, Nathaniel J ^b  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; HALL THRUSTERS; PROPULSION;

AEROSPACE CORPORATIONS; BASELINE CONFIGURATIONS; DISCHARGE CURRENTS; PLUME DIVERGENCE; PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORIES; PROPELLANT UTILIZATIONS; SEGMENTED ELECTRODES; TWO ELECTRODES;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 85087189025     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-5159     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. Y. Raitses, L. A. Dorf, A. A. Litvak, and N. J. Fisch, "Plume Reduction in Segmented Electrode Hall Thruster, " Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 88, No. 3, August 2000, pp. 1263-1270.
2. N. J. Fisch, Y. Raitses, L. A. Dorf, and A. A. Litvak, "Variable Operation of Hall Thruster with Multiple Segmented Electrodes, " Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 89, No. 4, February 2001, pp. 2040-2046.
3. J. E. Pollard and K. D. Diamant, "Hall Thruster Plume Shield Wake Structure, " AIAA-2003-5018, July 2003.
4. K. D. Diamant, J. E. Brandenburg, R. B. Cohen, and J. F. Kline, "Performance Measurements of a Water Fed Microwave Electrothermal Thruster, " AIAA-2001-3900, July, 2001.
5. Y. Raitses, D. Staack and N. J. Fisch, "Measurements of Plasma Potential Profiles in Segmented Electrode Hall Thruster, " IEPC 2001-060, Pasadena, CA, October 2001.