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Article Dans Une Revue Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Année : 2008

Physics, simulation, and diagnostics of Hall effect thrusters

J. Perez-Luna
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This paper presents recent efforts to better understand and quantify charged particle transport in Hall effect thrusters (HETs). Particle-in-cell (PIC) models, hybrid models, laser induced fluorescence (LIF) measurements and collective scattering (CS) experiments are combined to get a better insight into anomalous electron transport in HETs and to increase the predictive capabilities of simulation codes. PIC models have demonstrated that plasma turbulence associated with the development of a high frequency, short wavelength azimuthal instability can be responsible for anomalous transport. Scaling laws for anomalous electron mobility have not yet been derived and hybrid models, which are more practical than PIC models for parametric studies, must use empirical, adjustable transport coefficients that can be inferred from PIC results or LIF measurements of the ion velocity distribution function. CS experiments are aimed at validating the PIC model predictions of the azimuthal instability. The CS results show the first direct experimental evidence of the azimuthal instability predicted by the PIC code. The paper illustrates the synergy between experiments and models toward a complete and quantitative understanding of the physics of HETs.

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hal-03816051 , version 1 (15-10-2022)

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J.C. Adam, Jean-Pierre Boeuf, Nicolas Dubuit, M. Dudeck, Laurent Garrigues, et al.. Physics, simulation, and diagnostics of Hall effect thrusters. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2008, 50 (2), pp.124041. ⟨10.1088/0741-3335/50/12/124041⟩. ⟨hal-03816051⟩
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