Journal
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE
Volume 39, Issue 11, Pages 2950-2951Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2011.2121925
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Plasma devices; plasma diagnostics
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- U.S. Department of Energy [DE-AC02-09CH11466]
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Hall thrusters provide efficient space propulsion by electrostatic acceleration of ions. Rotating electron clouds in the thruster overcome the space charge limitations of other methods. Images of the thruster start-up, taken with a fast camera, reveal a bright ionization period which settles into steady-state operation over 50 mu s. The cathode introduces azimuthal asymmetry, which persists for about 30 mu s into the ignition.
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