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Microwave processes in the SPD-ATON stationary plasma thruster

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Results of experimental studies of microwave processes accompanying plasma acceleration in the SPD-ATON stationary plasma thruster are presented. Specific features of the generation of microwave oscillations in both the acceleration channel and the plasma flow outgoing from the thruster are analyzed on the basis of local measurements of the spectra of the plasma wave fields. Mechanisms for generation of microwave oscillations are considered with allowance for the inhomogeneity of the electron density and magnetic field behind the edge of the acceleration channel. The effect of microwave oscillations on the electron transport and the formation of the discharge current in the acceleration channel is discussed.

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Original Russian Text © K.P. Kirdyashev, 2016, published in Fizika Plazmy, 2016, Vol. 42, No. 9, pp. 841–852.

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Kirdyashev, K.P. Microwave processes in the SPD-ATON stationary plasma thruster. Plasma Phys. Rep. 42, 859–869 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X16090051

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