scholarly journals Effects of magnetic field configuration on thrust performance in a miniature microwave discharge ion thruster

2007 ◽  
Vol 102 (12) ◽  
pp. 123304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naoji Yamamoto ◽  
Shinya Kondo ◽  
Takayuki Chikaoka ◽  
Hideki Nakashima ◽  
Hirokazu Masui
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Microwave Discharge ◽  
Field Configuration ◽  
Magnetic Field Configuration ◽  
Ion Thruster ◽  
Thrust Performance

Experimental study of force-free, collinear plasma structures

1973 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. E. Nolting ◽  
P. E. Jindra ◽  
D. R. Wells
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Flow Fields ◽  
Diagnostic Techniques ◽  
Field Configuration ◽  
Magnetic Mirror ◽  
Magnetic Field Configuration ◽  
Magnetic Barrier ◽  
Magnetic Well

Detailed measurements of the trapped magnetic fields and currents in plasma structures generated by conical theta-pinches are reported. Studies of these structures interacting with a magnetic barrier, and with each other in a collision at the centre of a magnetic mirror, are reported. The magnetic well formed by the collision has been studied by simultaneous use of several diagnostic techniques. The measurements are in agreement with a force-free, collinear magnetic field configuration (Wells 1972). Arguments relating superposability and collinearity of flow fields to these observations are given.

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