Xenon ion beam detachment from a helicon double layer thruster

Fernando Gesto; Christine Charles; Rod Boswell

doi:10.1109/TPS.2008.924424

Xenon ion beam detachment from a helicon double layer thruster

Fernando Gesto^*, Christine Charles, Rod Boswell

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Ion magnetic detachment in the helicon double layer thruster exhaust beam is studied by calculating the orbits of the ions accelerated by the double layer and analyzing the curvature of the trajectories in the diverging magnetic field. An image of the detachment flux surface is presented for standard operating conditions, where a xenon ion beam has been experimentally observed. The results of the simulation are compared with that of the experiment.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1194-1195
Number of pages	2
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Volume	36
Issue number	4 PART 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2008.924424
Publication status	Published - Aug 2008

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Xenon ion beam detachment from a helicon double layer thruster

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