On the electron boundary conditions in PIC plasma thruster plume simulations

Li, Min; Merino Martínez, Mario; Ahedo Galilea, Eduardo Antonio; Tang, Haibin

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On the electron boundary conditions in PIC plasma thruster plume simulations

Author(s): Li, Min; Merino Martínez, Mario; Ahedo Galilea, Eduardo Antonio; Tang, Haibin

Publisher: IOP Publishing

Issued date: 2019-03-27

Citation: Plasma sources science and technology, 28, 034004, March 2019, 12 Pp.

ISSN: 0963-0252
1361-6595 (online)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ab0949

Sponsor: Min Li's work has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11872093). Mario Merino and Eduardo Ahedo's work has been supported by the Spanish R&D National Plan under grant number ESP2016-75887-P.

Project: Gobierno de España. ESP2016-75887-P

Keywords: Electric space propulsion , Plasma plumes , Particle in cell , Simulation , Boundary conditions , Particle simulations , Model , Propulsion , Physics

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10016/29410

Abstract:

The collisionless, steady state expansion of a warm electron, cold ion plasma thruster plume into vacuum is studied with an electrostatic particle-in-cell model and globally-consistent boundary conditions that discriminate between reflected and escaping electr [+]

Description:

Min Li's work has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11872093). Mario Merino and Eduardo Ahedo's work has been supported by the Spanish R&D National Plan under grant number ESP2016-75887-P.

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