Merino Martínez, MarioAhedo Galilea, Eduardo Antonio2019-10-282019-10-282015-01IEEE transactions on plasma science,Vol. 43, issue 1 (Special issue: 33rd International Electric Propulsion Conference, IEPC 2013, October 6 to 10, 2013 Washington), Pp. 244-2510093-3813https://hdl.handle.net/10016/29074Proceeding of: 33rd International Electric Propulsion Conference (IEPC 2013)A two-fluid 2-D model of the supersonic plasma flow in a propulsive magnetic nozzle (MN) is extended to include simple electron and ion thermodynamics to study the effects of electron cooling and ion thermal energy on the expansion. A faster electron cooling rate is seen to reduce plasma jet divergence, increase radial rarefaction, and enhance detachment from the closed magnetic lines. Ion thermal energy is converted to directed kinetic energy by the MN without the mediation of an ambipolar electric field, and alters the electric response of the plasma.8eng© 2014 IEEE.Plasma acceleratorsPlasma devicesPlasma simulationPlasma temperaturePropulsionconference paperAeronáuticaFísicahttps://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2014.2316020open access2441251IEEE transactions on plasma science (Special issue: 33rd International Electric Propulsion Conference, IEPC 2013, October 6 to 10, 2013 Washington, D.C.)43CC/0000021829