A 2D3V Electromagnetic PIC/MCC Simulation of Plume Properties in Ion Thruster

A 2D3V Electromagnetic PIC/MCC Simulation of Plume Properties in Ion Thruster

The plume properties in an ion thruster are investigated by means of simulation. The 2D axisymmetric physical model of the plume is established, and the 2D3V electromagnetic particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo collision method is used to give a full kinetic description for the formation of the plume and th...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on plasma science 2018-08, Vol.46 (8), p.2814-2818
Hauptverfasser: Jin, Xiaolin, Huang, Tao, Yang, MingJuan, Ye, XiaoHui, Guo, ShengLong, Tian, YunXian, Yang, Zhonghai, Li, Bin
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Acceleration
Charge exchange
Collision dynamics
Computer simulation
Electromagnetic fields
Electromagnetics
Electrostatics
Graphics processing units
Ion charge
Ion thruster
Ions
Mathematical model
Monte Carlo collision (MCC)
Monte Carlo simulation
Particle in cell technique
particle-in-cell (PIC)
plume
Space vehicles
Two dimensional models
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Zusammenfassung:The plume properties in an ion thruster are investigated by means of simulation. The 2D axisymmetric physical model of the plume is established, and the 2D3V electromagnetic particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo collision method is used to give a full kinetic description for the formation of the plume and the interaction between plume and electromagnetic fields. The high-performance graphics processing unit is used to accelerate the execution of our code. The spatiotemporal evolutions of fast ions, charge exchange ions, and electrons are obtained and analyzed. The backflow phenomenon and the variations of the electromagnetic field at different times are also discussed.
ISSN:0093-3813
1939-9375
DOI:10.1109/TPS.2018.2855214