Latest progress in Hall thrusters plasma modelling

F Taccogna, L Garrigues - Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics, 2019 - Springer
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 overview of discharge plasma modeling for Hall effect thrusters

K Hara - Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The current status and challenges of the discharge plasma modeling capabilities in Hall
effect thrusters (HETs) are reviewed. Partially magnetized plasmas in HETs present unique …

[HTML][HTML] Perspectives, frontiers, and new horizons for plasma-based space electric propulsion

I Levchenko, S Xu, S Mazouffre, D Lev, D Pedrini… - Physics of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Physics of E× B discharges relevant to plasma propulsion and similar technologies

ID Kaganovich, A Smolyakov, Y Raitses, E Ahedo… - Physics of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
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 …

The 2022 Plasma Roadmap: low temperature plasma science and technology

I Adamovich, S Agarwal, E Ahedo… - Journal of Physics D …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The 2022 Roadmap is the next update in the series of Plasma Roadmaps published by
Journal of Physics D with the intent to identify important outstanding challenges in the field of …

[HTML][HTML] Hybrid plasma simulations of a magnetically shielded Hall thruster

J Perales-Díaz, A Domínguez-Vázquez… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
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 …

Reduced-order particle-in-cell simulations of a high-power magnetically shielded Hall thruster

M Reza, F Faraji, A Knoll, A Piragino… - Plasma Sources …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
High-power magnetically shielded Hall thrusters have emerged in recent years to meet the
needs of the next-generation on-orbit servicing and exploration missions. Even though a few …

Enhancing one-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations to self-consistently resolve instability-induced electron transport in Hall thrusters

F Faraji, M Reza, A Knoll - Journal of Applied Physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The advent of high-power Hall thrusters and the increasing interest toward their use as a
primary propulsion system for various missions have given a new boost to the efforts aiming …

Plasma propulsion modeling with particle-based algorithms

F Taccogna, F Cichocki, D Eremin, G Fubiani… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
This Perspective paper deals with an overview of particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo collision
models applied to different plasma-propulsion configurations and scenarios, from …

Concept of the generalized reduced-order particle-in-cell scheme and verification in an axial-azimuthal Hall thruster configuration

M Reza, F Faraji, A Knoll - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The reduced-order particle-in-cell (PIC) scheme is a novel modeling approach that enables
computationally efficient electrostatic kinetic simulations of plasma. In our previous …