A review of research on the vacuum plume

G Cai, L Liu, B He, G Ling, H Weng, W Wang - Aerospace, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chemical and electrical thrusters are generally utilized to control the attitude and orbit of
spacecraft in aerospace. When they are firing, the exhaust expands into the vacuum …

[HTML][HTML] Physics of E× B discharges relevant to plasma propulsion and similar technologies

ID Kaganovich, A Smolyakov, Y Raitses, E Ahedo… - Physics of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
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 …

Grand challenges in low temperature plasmas

XP Lu, PJ Bruggeman, S Reuter, G Naidis… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Low temperature plasmas (LTPs) enable to create a highly reactive environment at near
ambient temperatures due to the energetic electrons with typical kinetic energies in the …

How dielectric, metallic and liquid targets influence the evolution of electron properties in a pulsed He jet measured by Thomson and Raman scattering

BLM Klarenaar, O Guaitella, R Engeln… - … Sources Science and …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Thomson scattering using a Bragg grating notch filter is used to determine the electron
properties of a pulsed, kHz-driven, non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma jet in helium …

Challenges with the self-consistent implementation of closure models for anomalous electron transport in fluid simulations of Hall thrusters

TA Marks, BA Jorns - Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The performance of closure models for the anomalous electron transport when self-
consistently implemented in a fluid model for a Hall effect thruster is investigated. This cross …

A novel approach to β-decay: Pandora, a new experimental setup for future in-plasma measurements

D Mascali, D Santonocito, S Amaducci, L Andò… - Universe, 2022 - mdpi.com
Theoretical predictions as well as experiments performed at storage rings have shown that
the lifetimes of β-radionuclides can change significantly as a function of the ionization state …

[HTML][HTML] High resolution spatially extended 1D laser scattering diagnostics using volume Bragg grating notch filters

J Bak, JL Suazo Betancourt, A Rekhy… - Review of Scientific …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Laser light scattering systems with volume Bragg grating (VBG) filters, which act as
spectral/angular filters, have often been used as a point measurement technique, with …

Measurement of the breathing mode oscillations in Hall thruster plasmas with a fast-diving triple Langmuir probe

V Giannetti, MM Saravia, T Andreussi - Physics of Plasmas, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We developed a novel measurement apparatus and data processing technique that allow
for the quantitative reconstruction of the effects of breathing mode oscillations on the main …

Evaluation of algebraic models of anomalous transport in a multi-fluid Hall thruster code

TA Marks, BA Jorns - Journal of Applied Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The behavior of four algebraic closure models for anomalous electron transport is
investigated using a fluid Hall thruster code. The models, which were selected because they …

Incoherent Thomson scattering measurements of electron properties in a conventional and magnetically-shielded Hall thruster

B Vincent, S Tsikata, S Mazouffre - Plasma Sources Science and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Reliable measurements of electron properties are key for the validation of simulations of Hall
thrusters and similar plasma sources. In this paper, a recently-developed incoherent …