Nonstationary Model of a Low-Density Plasma Jet Ejected from a Stationary Plasma Thruster
- Authors: Bishaev A.M.1, Abgaryan M.V.2, Kim V.2, Merkur’ev D.V.2, Ivanova E.P.3, Fomenkov A.I.3, Wartelski M.4, Theroude C.4
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Affiliations:
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
- Research Institute of Applied Mechanics and Electrodynamics
- Airbus Group Innovations
- Airbus Defense and Space SAS
- Issue: Vol 44, No 2 (2018)
- Pages: 278-288
- Section: Plasma Accelerators
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1063-780X/article/view/186699
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X18020010
- ID: 186699
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Abstract
A time-dependent problem on finding the parameters of a low-density plasma jet ejected from a stationary plasma thruster is analyzed. In contrast to earlier works in which a stationary problem was solved using a Crook-type kinetic model, a set of kinetic equations is derived at the accuracy level accepted in the kinetic theory with allowance for resonant charge-exchange interaction between ions and neutrals. A method to solve the obtained set of equations is developed and used to perform test simulations, some results of which are presented.
About the authors
A. M. Bishaev
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Email: riame4@sokol.ru
Russian Federation, Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow oblast, 141700
M. V. Abgaryan
Research Institute of Applied Mechanics and Electrodynamics
Email: riame4@sokol.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 125810
V. Kim
Research Institute of Applied Mechanics and Electrodynamics
Author for correspondence.
Email: riame4@sokol.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 125810
D. V. Merkur’ev
Research Institute of Applied Mechanics and Electrodynamics
Email: riame4@sokol.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 125810
E. P. Ivanova
Airbus Group Innovations
Email: riame4@sokol.ru
Russian Federation, Airbus
A. I. Fomenkov
Airbus Group Innovations
Email: riame4@sokol.ru
Russian Federation, Airbus
M. Wartelski
Airbus Defense and Space SAS
Email: riame4@sokol.ru
Russian Federation, Airbus
Ch. Theroude
Airbus Defense and Space SAS
Email: riame4@sokol.ru
Russian Federation, Airbus