In the last 30 years, numerical models have revealed different physical mechanisms
involved in the Hall thruster functioning leading to a bridge between analytical …

An electron-cyclotron resonance thruster (ECRT) prototype is simulated numerically, using
two coupled models: a hybrid particle-in-cell/fluid model for the integration of the plasma …

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 …

Experiments and simulations are used to analyze a compact helicon plasma thruster with a
cusp in its internal magnetic field. The former rely on a compensated Langmuir probe and a …

An axisymmetric fluid model for weakly-collisional, magnetized electrons is introduced and
coupled to a particle-in-cell model for heavy species to simulate electrodeless plasma …

The collisionless, steady state expansion of a warm electron, cold ion plasma thruster plume
into vacuum is studied with an electrostatic particle-in-cell model and globally-consistent …

The operation of a 5 kW-class magnetically shielded Hall effect thruster with sinusoidal
modulation of the discharge voltage is investigated through simulations with a 2D …

The near plume of an SPT100-like Hall thruster is simulated with a hybrid particle-in-
cell/fluid code to assess the three-dimensional effects of the neutralizer for two different …

HYPHEN is a new two-dimensional axisymmetric hybrid, particle-in-cell (PIC)/fluid multi-
thruster simulation platform under development. This work presents the last modeling …

As semiconductor device structures become more complex and sophisticated, the formation
of finer and deeper patterns is required. To achieve a higher yield for mass production as the …