This paper provides perspectives on recent progress in understanding the physics of
devices in which the external magnetic field is applied perpendicular to the discharge …

In this paper we propose a representative simulation test-case of E× B discharges
accounting for plasma wall interactions with the presence of both the electron cyclotron drift …

Fluid models of the slow-dynamics of magnetized, weakly-collisional electrons lead to build
computationally-affordable, long-time simulations of plasma discharges in Hall-effect and …

Numerical simulations of a magnetically shielded Hall effect thruster with a centrally
mounted cathode are performed with an axisymmetric hybrid particle-in-cell/fluid code and …

This Perspective paper deals with an overview of particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo collision
models applied to different plasma-propulsion configurations and scenarios, from …

A 1D particle-in-cell model of a Hall thruster discharge is used to analyze the effect of a
curved magnetic topology in the radial plasma response and the plasma fluxes to dielectric …

The wall-less Hall thruster is expected to overcome the issue of wall erosion in miniaturized
Hall thrusters. A unique structure of negative gradient magnetic field is used to constrain the …

A radial particle-in-cell model of the weakly-collisional plasma discharge in a Hall thruster,
provides the non-Maxwellian velocity distribution functions (VDF) of ions and electrons. The …

This work presents a new model providing boundary conditions for electron fluid models of
electromagnetic plasma thrusters to be imposed at the quasineutral boundary of the finite …

A 2D axial–radial particle-in-cell (PIC) model of a Hall thruster discharge has been
developed to analyze (mainly) the fluid equations satisfied by the azimuthally-averaged slow …