There are a number of pressing problems mankind is facing today that could, at least in part,
be resolved by space systems. These include capabilities for fast and far-reaching …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The dynamics of xenon atoms and ions expanding in the magnetic nozzle (MN) of a helicon
plasma thruster is studied by means of near-infrared laser-induced fluorescence …

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 …

A kinetic paraxial model of a collisionless plasma stationary expansion in a convergent-
divergent magnetic nozzle (MN) is analyzed. Monoenergetic and Maxwellian velocity …

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 …

A kinetic-electron, fluid-ion model is used to study the 2D plasma expansion in an
axisymmetric magnetic nozzle in the fully-magnetized, cold-ion, collisionless limit. Electrons …

Plasma discharges in electromagnetic thrusters often operate with weakly-collisional,
magnetized electrons. Macroscopic models of electrons provide affordable simulation times …