Measurement of plasma momentum exerted on target by a small helicon plasma thruster and comparison with direct thrust measurement

Low-pressure, high-density, and supersonic plasma flow generated by a helicon magnetoplasmadynamic thruster

(2014) Kazunori Takahashi et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Performance of a Helicon Hall Thruster Operating with Xenon, Argon, and Nitrogen

(2014) Adam Shabshelowitz et al.   JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER

Helicon plasma thruster discharge model

(2014) T. Lafleur   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Effect of magnetic and physical nozzles on plasma thruster performance

(2014) Kazunori Takahashi et al.   PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Approaching the Theoretical Limit of Diamagnetic-Induced Momentum in a Rapidly Diverging Magnetic Nozzle

(2013) Kazunori Takahashi et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Helicon thruster plasma modeling: Two-dimensional fluid-dynamics and propulsive performances

(2013) Eduardo Ahedo et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Development of a compact magnetically expanding plasma source with a strong magnetic field

(2013) Kazunori Takahashi et al.   PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

VX-200 Magnetoplasma Thruster Performance Results Exceeding Fifty-Percent Thruster Efficiency

(2012) Benjamin W. Longmier et al.   JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER

Characteristics of low-aspect ratio, large-diameter, high-density helicon plasmas with variable axial boundary conditions

(2012) T. Motomura et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Direct thrust measurement of a permanent magnet helicon double layer thruster

(2011) K. Takahashi et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Performance characterization of a helicon double layer thruster using direct thrust measurements

(2011) Sabrina Pottinger et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Electron Diamagnetic Effect on Axial Force in an Expanding Plasma: Experiments and Theory

(2011) Kazunori Takahashi et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Minihelicon Plasma Thruster

(2009) O.V. Batishchev   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE

Plasmas for spacecraft propulsion

(2009) C Charles   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Validating a Plasma Momentum Flux Sensor to an Inverted Pendulum Thrust Stand

(2009) Benjamin W. Longmier et al.   JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER

A high sensitivity momentum flux measuring instrument for plasma thruster exhausts and diffusive plasmas

(2009) Michael D. West et al.   REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

High-power, null-type, inverted pendulum thrust stand

(2009) Kunning G. Xu et al.   REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS