Xenon ion beam characterization in a helicon double layer thruster

C. Charles; R. W. Boswell; M. A. Lieberman

doi:10.1063/1.2426881

Xenon ion beam characterization in a helicon double layer thruster

C. Charles^*, R. W. Boswell, M. A. Lieberman

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A current-free electric double layer is created in a helicon double layer thruster operating with xenon and compared to a recently developed theory. The Xe+ ion beam formed by acceleration through the potential drop of the double layer is characterized radially using an electrostatic ion energy analyzer. For operating conditions of 500 W rf power, 0.07 mTorr gas pressure, and a maximum magnetic field of 125 G, the measured beam velocity is about 6 km s-1, the beam area is about 150 cm2, and the measured beam divergence is less than 6°.

Original language	English
Article number	261503
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	89
Issue number	26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2426881
Publication status	Published - 2006

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