Kinetic electron model for plasma thruster plumes

Merino Martínez, Mario; Maurino, Javier; Ahedo Galilea, Eduardo Antonio

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Kinetic electron model for plasma thruster plumes

Author(s): Merino Martínez, Mario; Maurino, Javier; Ahedo Galilea, Eduardo Antonio

Publisher: IOP Publishing

Issued date: 2018-03-28

Citation: Merino, M., Mauriño, J. y Ahedo E. (2018). Kinetic electron model for plasma thruster plumes. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 27(3).

ISSN: 0963-0252

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aab3a1

Sponsor: The authors want to thank Professor Jesús Ramos from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Dr Jaume Navarro, Dr Gonzalo Sánchez-Arriaga, and Dr Pablo Fajardo from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid for many insightful discussions and comments.This work has been supported by ESA project 4000116180/15/NL/PS. The work of Javier Mauriño has been supported by the UK Royal Academy of Engineering's Engineering Leaders Scholarship (ELAA1516/1/87).

Keywords: Electric propulsion , Plasma thrusters , Plasma plumes , Kinetic models , Collisionless plasma , Electron cooling

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10016/28508

Abstract:

A paraxial model of an unmagnetized, collisionless plasma plume expanding into vacuum is presented. Electrons are treated kinetically, relying on the adiabatic invariance of their radial action integral for the integration of Vlasov's equation, whereas ions ar [+]

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