Magnetic nozzle performance in a cluster of helicon plasma thrusters

• Main Authors: Di Fede, Simone, Manente, Marco, Comunian, Paolo João, Magarotto, Mirko
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Engineering; Clustering electric propulsion; Helicon plasma thruster
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174275
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A numerical study of the plasma dynamics in a Helicon Plasma Thrusters’ (HPT) cluster is presented. For the first time in the literature, the three-dimensional (3D) plasma dynamics occurring in the plume of a HPTs’ cluster is analyzed. The physical investigation relies on ProPic, a 3D particle-in-ce...