SPPL Publications -- Hall Thruster Experiments

Bismuth Hall Thruster Experiments

“Measurements in Stationary Reference Bi Discharge Cell for Diagnostics of a Bismuth Hall Thruster”, D. Scharfe, T. Ito and M. Cappelli, AIAA-2006-4638, 42nd Joint Propulsion Conference, 9-12 July, Sacramento, CA, 2006. View Paper

"Spectroscopic Measurements of Bismuth For Optical Diagnostics," D. B. Scharfe, and M. A. Cappelli, AIAA-2005-4230, 41st Joint Propulsion Conference, 10-13 July, Tucson, AZ, 2005. View Paper

"Stationary Reference Bi Discharge Cell for Optical Diagnostics of a Bismuth Hall Thruster," D. B. Scharfe, and M. A. Cappelli, IEPC-2005-058, 29th International Electric Propulsion Conference, 31 Oct - 4 Nov, Princeton, NJ, 2005. View Paper

"Optical Diagnostics Options for Bismuth Hall Thrusters," D. B. Scharfe and M. A. Cappelli, AIAA-2004-3946, 40th Joint Propulsion Conference, 11-14 July, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 2004. View Paper

Other Hall Thruster Experiments

“Nonintrusive Characterization of the Azimuthal Drift Current in a Coaxial E x B Discharge Plasma,” C. A. Thomas, N. Gascon, and M. A. Cappelli, Physical Review E 74, 056402, 2006. View Paper

“Millimeter Wave Plasma Interferometry in the Near Field of a Hall Plasma Accelerator,” M. A Cappelli, N. Gascon, and W.A Hargus, Jr., J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 39, 4582–4588, 2006.

“The Magnetic Interference Hall Accelerator,” C. Thomas, E. Sommier, N. Gascon, and M. Cappelli, AIAA-2006-4993, 42nd Joint Propulsion Conference, 9-12 July, Sacramento, CA, 2006. View Paper

“Coaxial Hall Thruster with Diamond Inner Channel Wall,” N. Gascon, S. Crawford, R. Corey and M. Cappelli, AIAA-2006-4995, 42nd Joint Propulsion Conference, 9-12 July, Sacramento, CA, 2006. View Paper

“Experimental Investigation of High Frequency Plasma Oscillations within Hall Thrusters,” A. Knoll and M. Cappelli, AIAA-2006-5171, 42nd Joint Propulsion Conference, 9-12 July, Sacramento, CA, 2006. View Paper

"Ion Velocity Measurements in a Linear Hall Thruster," N. Gascon, M. A. Cappelli, and W. A. Hargus, Jr., AIAA-2005-4401, 41st Joint Propulsion Conference, 10-13 July, Tucson, AZ, 2005. View Paper

"Preliminary Testing of a Coaxial Hall Thruster with a Diamond Nose Cone," N. Gascon, W. S. Crawford, R. L. Corey, and M. A. Cappelli, IEPC-2005-191, 29th International Electric Propulsion Conference, 31 Oct - 4 Nov, Princeton, NJ, 2005. View Paper

"Hall Thruster with an External Acceleration Zone," N. Gascon, R. L. Corey, M. A. Cappelli, and W. A. Hargus, Jr.,IEPC-2005-196, 29th International Electric Propulsion Conference, 31 Oct - 4 Nov, Princeton, NJ, 2005. View Paper

"Arcjet Plasma Neutralization of Hall Thrusters, Part 1: Hybrid Thruster Mission Analysis," W. A. Hargus, Jr., J. H. Schilling, Q. E. Walker, and M. A. Cappelli, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 41 (6), p.1016-1022, 2004. View Paper

"Arcjet Neutralization of Hall Thrusters, Part 2: Experimental Demonstration," Q. E. Walker, N. Gascon, M. A. Cappelli, W. A. Hargus, Jr. and J. A Schilling, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 41 (6), p.1023-1030, 2004. View Paper

"A 90 GHz Phase-Bridge Interferometer for Plasma Density Measurements In the Near Field of a Hall Thruster," M. A. Cappelli, W. Herman, M. Kodiak, N. Gascon, and W. Hargus, Jr., AIAA-2004-3775, 40th Joint Propulsion Conference, 11-14 July, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 2004. View Paper

"Non-intrusive characterization of the Hall thruster azimuthal drift current," C. A. Thomas, N. Gascon, and M. A. Cappelli, AIAA-2004-3776, 40th Joint Propulsion Conference, 11-14 July, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 2004. View Paper

"Images of Ground State Xenon Density in the Near Field of a Low Power Hall Thruster," M. A. Cappelli, and W. Hargus, Jr., AIAA-2004-4120, 40th Joint Propulsion Conference, 11-14 July, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 2004. View Paper

"A Study of the Azimuthal Electron Drift in an ExB Discharge Using a Non-invasive Antenna Array," C. A. Thomas, N. Gascon, and M. A. Cappelli, AIAA-2003-4854, 39th Joint Propulsion Conference, 20-23 July, Huntsville, AL, 2003. View Paper

"Plasma instabilities in the ionization regime of a Hall thruster," N. Gascon, and M. A. Cappelli, AIAA-2003-4857, 39th Joint Propulsion Conference, 20-23 July, Huntsville, AL, 2003. View Paper

"Interactions within a Cluster of Low Power Hall Thrusters," W. A. Hargus, Jr. and M. A. Cappelli, AIAA-2003-5006, 39th Joint Propulsion Conference, 20-23 July, Huntsville, AL, 2003. View Paper

"Vacuum Ultraviolet Absorption Measurements of Ground State Xenon in the Near Field of a Low Power Hall Thruster," M. A. Cappelli and W. A. Hargus, Jr., AIAA-2003-5007, 39th Joint Propulsion Conference, 20-23 July, Huntsville, AL, 2003. View Paper

"Operating regimes of a linear SPT with low secondary electron-induced wall conductivity", N. Gascon, C. A. Thomas, W. A. Hermann, and M. A. Cappelli, AIAA-2003-5156, 39th Joint Propulsion Conference, 20-23 July, Huntsville, AL, 2003. View Paper

"Further Investigations of an Open Drift Hall Thruster with Boron Nitride and Diamond Walls", N. Gascon, C. A. Thomas, W. A. Hermann, and M. A. Cappelli, IEPC-2003-0327, 28th International Electric Propulsion Conference, 17-21 March, Toulouse, France, 2003. View Paper

"Wall Effects on the Excitation and Propagation of Instabilities in Hall Thrusers", N. Gascon and M. A. Cappelli, IEPC-2003-0328, 28th International Electric Propulsion Conference, 17-21 March, Toulouse, France, 2003. View Paper

"Anomalous electron mobility in a coaxial Hall discharge plasma," N. B. Meezan, W. A. Hargus, Jr. and M. A. Cappelli, Phys. Rev. E, 63, 026410, 2001. View Paper

"A Characterization of Plasma Fluctuations within a Hall Discharge," E. Chesta, C. M. Lam, N. B. Meezan, D. P. Schmidt, and M. A. Cappelli, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 29 (4), p.582-591, 2001. View Paper

"Performance of a Linear Hall Discharge with an Open Electron Drift," M. A. Cappelli, Q. E. Walker, and N. B. Meezan, AIAA-2001-3503, 37th Joint Propulsion Conference, 8-11 July, Salt Lake City, UT, 2001. View Paper

"Dispersion of Low Frequency Waves in a Hall Discharge," N. Gascon, E. Chesta, N. B. Meezan, and M. A. Cappelli, AIAA-2001-3506, 37th Joint Propulsion Conference, 8-11 July, Salt Lake City, UT, 2001. View Paper

"Low Frequency Plasma Wave Dispersion and Propogation in Hall Thrusters," N. Gascon, N. B. Meezan, and M. A. Cappelli, IEPC-01-56, 27th International Electric Propulsion Conference, 15-19 October, Pasadena, CA, 2001. View Paper

"Linear Geometry Hall Thruster with Boron Nitride and Diamond Walls," N. B. Meezan, N. Gascon, and M. A. Cappelli, IEPC-01-39, 27th International Electric Propulsion Conference, 15-19 October, Pasadena, CA, 2001. View Paper

"Preliminary Study of Arcjet Neutralization of Hall Thruster Clusters," Q. E. Walker, M. A. Cappelli, W. A. Hargus, and J. Schilling, IEPC-01-63, 27th International Electric Propulsion Conference, 15-19 October, Pasadena, CA, 2001. View Paper