Gradient instabilities of electromagnetic waves in Hall thruster plasma

This paper presents a linear analysis of gradient plasma instabilities in Hall thrusters. The study obtains and analyzes the dispersion equation of high-frequency electromagnetic waves based on the two-fluid model of a cold plasma. The regions of parameters corresponding to unstable high frequency m...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physics of plasmas 2013-04, Vol.20 (4)
1. Verfasser: Tomilin, Dmitry
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This paper presents a linear analysis of gradient plasma instabilities in Hall thrusters. The study obtains and analyzes the dispersion equation of high-frequency electromagnetic waves based on the two-fluid model of a cold plasma. The regions of parameters corresponding to unstable high frequency modes are determined and the dependence of the increments and intrinsic frequencies on plasma parameters is obtained. The obtained results agree with those of previously published studies.
ISSN:1070-664X
1089-7674
DOI:10.1063/1.4799549