Open AccessStudy of high-frequency oscillations and waves in Hall thruster plasma using two-dimensional full kinetic axial-azimuthal model (2D 3V Full PIC)
Author(s) -
I. A. Khmelevskoi,
D. A. Tomilin,
A. S. Lovtsov
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/868/1/012015
Subject(s) - azimuth , physics , plasma , magnetic field , ion , kinetic energy , resonance (particle physics) , atomic physics , computational physics , classical mechanics , optics , quantum mechanics
The paper presents the results of Hall thruster plasma simulation using a 2D3V axial-azimuthal Full PIC model. Two types of solution are investigated in detail for two different magnitude of the magnetic field. In the calculations, different types of azimuthal waves were observed. By their characteristics these waves can be corresponded to the electron drift instabilities, gradient-drift waves and ion plasma resonance. The ion plasma resonance was observed in calculations with the magnetic field increase.