A 2 kW Hall thruster was developed, built and operated in an upgraded vacuum facility. The thruster performance and parameters of the plasma flow were measured by new diagnostics for plume measurements and plasma measurements inside the thruster channel. The thruster demonstrated efficient operation in terms of propellant and current utilization efficiencies in the input power range of 0.5-3.5 kW. Preliminary measurements of the ion energy spectra from the thruster axis region and the distribution of plasma parameters in the vicinity of the thruster exit are reported.


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    Title :

    Preliminary Results of Plasma Flow Measurements in a 2 kW Segmented Hall Thruster


    Contributors:
    Y. Raitses (author) / D. Staack (author) / A. Dunaevsky (author) / L. Dorf (author) / N. J. Fisch (author)

    Publication date :

    2003


    Size :

    18 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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