Plume Control of a Cusped Field Thruster

被引:17
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作者
Liu, Hui [1 ]
Sun, Guoshun [2 ]
Zhao, Yinjian [3 ]
Chen, Pengbo [2 ]
Ma, Chengyu [4 ]
Wu, Huan [1 ]
Yu, Daren [1 ]
机构
[1] Harbin Inst Technol, Sch Energy Sci & Engn, Harbin 150001, Peoples R China
[2] Harbin Inst Technol, Lab Plasma Prop, Harbin 150001, Peoples R China
[3] Univ So Calif, Dept Astronaut Engn, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA
[4] Cranfield Univ, Cranfield MK43 0AL, Beds, England
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Cusped field thruster; plasma plume;
D O I
10.1109/TPS.2014.2360015
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
The cusped field thruster uses several permanent ring magnets of alternating polarity to create a multistage cusp magnetic topology. It has demonstrated a long lifetime because of reduced plasma losses to the discharge channel surface. However, the high beam divergence problem has not been solved in this type of thruster. The purpose of this technical note is to describe a plume control method to reduce its plume angle. The results show that the magnetic field intensity in the plume region and the shape of the last separatrix have great influence on plume divergence.
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页码:127 / 129
页数:3
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