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JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER
卷 24, 期 1, 页码 134-141出版社
AMER INST AERONAUTICS ASTRONAUTICS
DOI: 10.2514/1.31414
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The Helicon Double Layer Thruster, a new magnetoplasma thruster that accelerates ions to supersonic velocities using a current-free electric double layer, has been tested successfully for the first time inside a space-simulation vacuum chamber. Using a retarding field energy analyzer, the presence of a current-free double layer and the associated ion beam in argon have been confirmed for operating conditions of 0.297 mgs(-1) of argon, 53.3 mPa gas pressure, 100 W of radio-frequency forward power at 13.56 MHz, and a maximum axial magnetic field of 138 G. The inductively coupled plasma and ion beam formed have been characterized axially, and the measured beam velocity is about 8.7 kms(-1) for these conditions. The effect of moving the Helicon Double Layer Thruster source tube relative to the magnetic field and radio-frequency antenna is investigated, and the pressure dependence of the double layer is measured from 20 to 275 mPa and compared with a recently developed theoretical model. Ions in the Helicon Double Layer Thruster exhaust are also shown to be nonmagnetized, suggesting that ion detachment has occurred.
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