A two dimensional axisymmetric fully kinetic Particle‐in‐Cell/Monte Carlo Collision (PIC‐
MCC) model is used to describe the ignition process in a Hall thruster. A current peak and …

A novel Immersed-Finite-Element Particle-in-Cell (IFE-PIC) simulation tool is presented in
this paper for plasma surface interaction where charged plasma particles are represented by …

An experiment has been made to investigate the effect of curved magnetic field topology on
near wall conductivity in the ion acceleration region of Hall thrusters. The experimental …

In a weakly-collisional bounded plasma, secondary electrons emitted from the walls can
transit the plasma gap and reach the opposite wall. To accurately predict wall potentials and …

Previous studies on the dynamics of charged particles in an asymmetric magnetic mirror
mainly used a 2-D model. However, using a 2-D model to study the confinement of charged …

By using particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation method, the proton beam confinement in a
magnetic mirror is investigated in the present paper. We define two physical quantities to …

A one-dimensional Quasineutral Particle In Cell (QPIC) simulation of the plasma along a
field line in a Hall thruster is investigated, assuming a guiding center model of electron …

In a weakly-collisional bounded plasma, secondary electrons emitted from the walls can
transit the plasma gap and reach the opposite wall. To accurately predict wall potentials and …