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Title: Parametric Investigations of Non-Conventional Hall Thruster

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/773355· OSTI ID:773355

Hall thrusters might better scale to low power with non-conventional geometry. A 9 cm cylindrical, ceramic-channel, Hall thruster with a cusp-type magnetic field distribution has been investigated. It exhibits discharge characteristics similar to conventional coaxial Hall thrusters, but does not expose as much channel surface. Significantly, its operation is not accompanied by large amplitude discharge low frequency oscillations.

Research Organization:
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03073
OSTI ID:
773355
Report Number(s):
PPPL-3534; TRN: US0100739
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 12 Jan 2001
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English