Hall thrusters are very efficient and competitive electric propulsion devices for satellites and
are currently in use in a number of telecommunications and government spacecraft. Their …

In the last 30 years, numerical models have revealed different physical mechanisms
involved in the Hall thruster functioning leading to a bridge between analytical …

This paper provides perspectives on recent progress in understanding the physics of
devices in which the external magnetic field is applied perpendicular to the discharge …

Using a 1D particle-in-cell simulation with perpendicular electric, E 0, and magnetic, B 0,
fields, and modelling the azimuthal direction (ie, the E 0× B 0 direction), we study the cross …

In Paper I [T. Lafleur et al., Phys. Plasmas 23, 053502 (2016)], we demonstrated (using
particle-in-cell simulations) the definite correlation between an anomalously high cross-field …

Plasma thrusters are challenging the monopoly of chemical thrusters in space propulsion.
The specific energy that can be deposited into a plasma beam is orders of magnitude larger …

The ionized gas in Hall-effect plasma accelerators spans a wide range of spatial and
temporal scales, and exhibits diverse physics some of which remain elusive even after …

The current status and challenges of the discharge plasma modeling capabilities in Hall
effect thrusters (HETs) are reviewed. Partially magnetized plasmas in HETs present unique …

In a qualification life test of a Hall thruster it was found that the erosion of the acceleration
channel practically stopped after∼ 5600 h⁠. Numerical simulations using a two …

An electron-cyclotron resonance thruster (ECRT) prototype is simulated numerically, using
two coupled models: a hybrid particle-in-cell/fluid model for the integration of the plasma …