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2004 SPPL Publications

Journal papers


"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

Conference papers


"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

"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

"A Comparison of 2-D Hybrid Hall Thruster Model to Experimental Measurements," M. K. Allis, N. Gascon, C. Vialard-Goudou, M. A. Cappelli, and E. Fernandez, AIAA-2004-3951, 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