Fluid and hybrid simulations of the ionization instabilities in Hall thruster

Chapurin, O.; Smolyakov, A. I.; Hagelaar, G.; Boeuf, J. -P.; Raitses, Y.

doi:10.1063/5.0094269

Title: Fluid and hybrid simulations of the ionization instabilities in Hall thruster

Journal Article · Wed Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0094269· OSTI ID:1889250

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Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK (Canada)
Univ. of Toulouse (France)
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)

Low-frequency axial oscillations in the range of 5–50 kHz stand out as a pervasive feature observed in many types of Hall thrusters. While it is widely recognized that the ionization effects play the central role in this mode, as manifested via the large-scale oscillations of neutral and plasma density, the exact mechanism(s) of the instabilities remain unclear. To gain further insight into the physics of the breathing mode and evaluate the role of kinetic effects, a one-dimensional time-dependent full nonlinear low-frequency model describing neutral atoms, ions, and electrons is developed in full fluid formulation and compared to the hybrid model in which the ions and neutrals are kinetic. Both models are quasi-neutral and share the same electron fluid equations that include the electron diffusion, mobility across the magnetic field, and the electron energy evolution. The ionization models are also similar in both approaches. Further, the predictions of fluid and hybrid simulations are compared for different test cases. Two main regimes are identified in both models: one with pure low-frequency behavior and the other one, where the low-frequency oscillations coexist with high-frequency oscillations in the range of 100–200 kHz, with the characteristic time scale of the ion channel fly-by time, 100–200 kHz. The other test case demonstrates the effect of a finite temperature of injected neutral atoms, which has a substantial suppression effect on the oscillation amplitude.

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Research Organization:: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-09CH11466; FA9550-15-1-0226

OSTI ID:: 1889250

Journal Information:: Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 132, Issue 5; ISSN 0021-8979

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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