Plasmas for spacecraft propulsion

Very high delta-V missions to the edge of the solar system and beyond enabled by the dual-stage 4-grid ion thruster concept

(2009) C. Bramanti et al.   ACTA ASTRONAUTICA

Transport of energetic electrons in a magnetically expanding helicon double layer plasma

(2009) Kazunori Takahashi et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Observation of weakly and strongly diverging ion beams in a magnetically expanding plasma

(2009) K. Takahashi et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Increased Upstream Ionization due to Formation of a Double Layer

(2009) S. Chakraborty Thakur et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Plume detachment from a magnetic nozzle

(2009) Christopher A. Deline et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Detailed plasma potential measurements in a radio-frequency expanding plasma obtained from various electrostatic probes

(2009) T. Lafleur et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

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

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

Spatial retarding field energy analyzer measurements downstream of a helicon double layer plasma

(2008) W. Cox et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Spatial evolution of an ion beam created by a geometrically expanding low-pressure argon plasma

(2008) C. S. Corr et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Magnetic steering of a helicon double layer thruster

(2008) C. Charles et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Ion beam acceleration in a divergent magnetic field

(2008) Ioana A. Biloiu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Effect of Exhaust Magnetic Field in a Helicon Double-Layer Thruster Operating in Xenon

(2008) C. Charles et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE

Operating the Helicon Double Layer Thruster in a Space Simulation Chamber

(2008) Christine Charles et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE

Xenon Ion Beam Detachment From a Helicon Double Layer Thruster

(2008) Fernando Gesto et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE

Three-Dimensional Mapping of Ion Density in a Double-Layer Helicon Plasma

(2008) Wes Cox et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE

Permanent Magnet Helicon Source for Ion Propulsion

(2008) F.F. Chen   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE

Analytical Discharge Model for RF Ion Thrusters

(2008) D.M. Goebel   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE

Neutral Depletion in a Collisionless Plasma

(2008) A. Fruchtman   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE

Testing a Helicon Double Layer Thruster Immersed in a Space-Simulation Chamber

(2008) Michael D. West et al.   JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER

Radial characterization of the electron energy distribution in a helicon source terminated by a double layer

(2008) Kazunori Takahashi et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Observations of neutral depletion and plasma acceleration in a flowing high-power argon helicon plasma

(2008) C. Mark Denning et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Double layer in an expanding plasma: Simultaneous upstream and downstream measurements

(2008) H. S. Byhring et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Ion energy distribution of an inductively coupled radiofrequency discharge in argon and oxygen

(2008) Rainer Hippler et al.   VACUUM

Electromagnetic ion cyclotron resonance heating in the VASIMR

(2007) E.A. Bering et al.   ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH