{"title":"Evidence of the ionization instability and ion acoustic turbulence correlation in sub-ampere hollow cathodes","authors":"George-Cristian Potrivitu, Shuyan Xu","doi":"10.1007/s44205-022-00005-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44205-022-00005-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73724,"journal":{"name":"Journal of electric propulsion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45796526","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lifetime and Mission reliability assessment of multi-mode ion thruster","authors":"Xueer Zhang, Tianping Zhang, Detian Li","doi":"10.1007/s44205-022-00006-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44205-022-00006-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73724,"journal":{"name":"Journal of electric propulsion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41432237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Electron thermodynamics along magnetic nozzle lines in a helicon plasma","authors":"A. Vinci, Quentin Delavière–Delion, S. Mazouffre","doi":"10.1007/s44205-022-00003-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44205-022-00003-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73724,"journal":{"name":"Journal of electric propulsion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49439401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An electric propulsion memoir","authors":"P. Turchi","doi":"10.1007/s44205-022-00004-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44205-022-00004-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73724,"journal":{"name":"Journal of electric propulsion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45058630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Importance of stepwise ionization from the metastable state in electron cyclotron resonance ion thrusters","authors":"Y. Yamashita, R. Tsukizaki, K. Nishiyama","doi":"10.1007/s44205-022-00002-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44205-022-00002-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73724,"journal":{"name":"Journal of electric propulsion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48616549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Air-breathing electric propulsion: mission characterization and design analysis","authors":"P. Crandall, R. Wirz","doi":"10.1007/s44205-022-00009-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44205-022-00009-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73724,"journal":{"name":"Journal of electric propulsion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42430859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sebastian K Hampl, Marshall T Waggoner, Ximo Gallud Cidoncha, Elaine M Petro, Paulo C Lozano
{"title":"Comparison of computational algorithms for simulating an electrospray plume with a n-body approach.","authors":"Sebastian K Hampl, Marshall T Waggoner, Ximo Gallud Cidoncha, Elaine M Petro, Paulo C Lozano","doi":"10.1007/s44205-022-00015-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44205-022-00015-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In order to better evaluate the trade-offs between different simulation options for an electrospray thruster plume, we have developed a multi-scale n-body code to compute the evolution of a single emitter electrospray plume in the pure ionic regime. The electrostatic force computations in the simulation are captured through the use of three different computational algorithms with various degrees of approximation. The results of the simulations for a simple test case are compared in terms of computational speed and accuracy. The test case utilizes a single operating point (323nA) for a stable meniscus solution for the ionic liquid EMI-BF4 firing in the positive pure ion mode. Complex species and probabilistic fragmentation processes are neglected. An overview is provided of the trade-off between accuracy and computational speed for the three algorithms in the context of simulating the electrostatic interactions between particles. For a large number of particles, the faster algorithms show a significant reduction in computational time while maintaining a high level of accuracy with a proper choice of tuning parameters.</p>","PeriodicalId":73724,"journal":{"name":"Journal of electric propulsion","volume":"1 1","pages":"17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9580256/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40664747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new interdisciplinary forum for the growing field of plasma-based space propulsion","authors":"M. Keidar","doi":"10.1007/s44205-021-00001-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44205-021-00001-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73724,"journal":{"name":"Journal of electric propulsion","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48268922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}