Resistive instabilities in Hall current plasma discharge

Andrei A. Litvak; Nathaniel J. Fisch

doi:10.1063/1.1336531

Resistive instabilities in Hall current plasma discharge

Andrei A. Litvak, Nathaniel J. Fisch

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

70 Scopus citations

Abstract

Plasma perturbations in the acceleration channel of a Hall thruster are found to be unstable in the presence of collisions. Both electrostatic lower-hybrid waves and electromagnetic Alfvén waves transverse to the applied electric and magnetic field are found to be unstable due to collisions in the EXB electron flow. These results are obtained assuming a two-fluid hydrodynamic model in slab geometry. The characterisitic frequencies of these modes are consistent with experimental observations in Hall current plasma thrusters.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	648-651
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physics of Plasmas
Volume	8
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1336531
State	Published - Feb 2001

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Condensed Matter Physics

Access to Document

10.1063/1.1336531

Cite this

@article{c5098d7485fa437a87ab01e4850307f8,

title = "Resistive instabilities in Hall current plasma discharge",

abstract = "Plasma perturbations in the acceleration channel of a Hall thruster are found to be unstable in the presence of collisions. Both electrostatic lower-hybrid waves and electromagnetic Alfv{\'e}n waves transverse to the applied electric and magnetic field are found to be unstable due to collisions in the EXB electron flow. These results are obtained assuming a two-fluid hydrodynamic model in slab geometry. The characterisitic frequencies of these modes are consistent with experimental observations in Hall current plasma thrusters.",

author = "Litvak, {Andrei A.} and Fisch, {Nathaniel J.}",

year = "2001",

month = feb,

doi = "10.1063/1.1336531",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "8",

pages = "648--651",

journal = "Physics of Plasmas",

issn = "1070-664X",

publisher = "American Institute of Physics",

number = "2",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Resistive instabilities in Hall current plasma discharge

AU - Litvak, Andrei A.

AU - Fisch, Nathaniel J.

PY - 2001/2

Y1 - 2001/2

N2 - Plasma perturbations in the acceleration channel of a Hall thruster are found to be unstable in the presence of collisions. Both electrostatic lower-hybrid waves and electromagnetic Alfvén waves transverse to the applied electric and magnetic field are found to be unstable due to collisions in the EXB electron flow. These results are obtained assuming a two-fluid hydrodynamic model in slab geometry. The characterisitic frequencies of these modes are consistent with experimental observations in Hall current plasma thrusters.

AB - Plasma perturbations in the acceleration channel of a Hall thruster are found to be unstable in the presence of collisions. Both electrostatic lower-hybrid waves and electromagnetic Alfvén waves transverse to the applied electric and magnetic field are found to be unstable due to collisions in the EXB electron flow. These results are obtained assuming a two-fluid hydrodynamic model in slab geometry. The characterisitic frequencies of these modes are consistent with experimental observations in Hall current plasma thrusters.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0011944175&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0011944175&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1063/1.1336531

DO - 10.1063/1.1336531

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:0011944175

SN - 1070-664X

VL - 8

SP - 648

EP - 651

JO - Physics of Plasmas

JF - Physics of Plasmas

IS - 2

ER -

Resistive instabilities in Hall current plasma discharge

Abstract

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this