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Analysis of the formation of ion beams in varying electric fields of a stationary plasma thruster

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We propose a technique for analyzing the distribution function of the velocity components (radial V r and azimuthal V φ) of ions in a beam. This technique is used for studying the ion beam emerging from a stationary plasma thruster (SPT). It is shown that the beam contains ions with a radial velocity component in the range V r /V z = − 1.2 to +0.74, as well as ions with the azimuthal velocity component in the range V ϕ/V z = ±0.9. Numerical calculations lead to the conclusion that ions acquire the azimuthal velocity component in the field of the azimuthal wave of the plasma potential evolving in the SPT channel.

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  1. National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, pl. Kurchatova 1, Moscow, 123182, Russia

    A. N. Veselovzorov, E. D. Dlugach, A. A. Pogorelov, E. B. Svirskiy & V. A. Smirnov

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Original Russian Text © A.N. Veselovzorov, E.D. Dlugach, A.A. Pogorelov, E.B. Svirskiy, V.A. Smirnov, 2013, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2013, Vol. 83, No. 7, pp. 38–42.

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Veselovzorov, A.N., Dlugach, E.D., Pogorelov, A.A. et al. Analysis of the formation of ion beams in varying electric fields of a stationary plasma thruster. Tech. Phys. 58, 968–972 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784213070268

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