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Mode Transitions in the Helicon Double-Layer Thruster Prototype Operating in Xenon

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dc.contributor.authorWest, Michael
dc.contributor.authorCharles, Christine
dc.contributor.authorBoswell, Roderick
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-07T22:30:59Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T11:18:36Z
dc.description.abstractA prototype of the helicon double-layer thruster (HDLT) has been tested and characterized when immersed inside a space simulation vacuum chamber. When operating with xenon and increasing the applied radio-frequency power, a new high-density "blue" mode has been observed. This mode occurs when the plasma source transitions from a capacitively coupled mode to a probable helicon-wave-sustained mode. Images of the HDLT prototype operating in xenon are presented and show the appearance of a bright white/blue plasma once the mode transition occurs. This is accompanied by a significant increase in the plasma density inside the plasma source of the HDLT.
dc.identifier.issn0093-3813
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/22582
dc.publisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc)
dc.sourceIEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
dc.subjectKeywords: Capacitively coupled; Double layers; High-density; Mode transitions; plasma thruster; Radio-frequency power; Space simulations; Space technologies; Vacuum chambers; Electric propulsion; Plasma density; Plasma sources; Xenon; Helicons Double-layer; electric propulsion; helicon; plasma thruster; space technology; xenon
dc.titleMode Transitions in the Helicon Double-Layer Thruster Prototype Operating in Xenon
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue11
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage2469
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage2468
local.contributor.affiliationWest, Michael, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationCharles, Christine, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationBoswell, Roderick, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidWest, Michael, u4120933
local.contributor.authoruidCharles, Christine, u4025692
local.contributor.authoruidBoswell, Roderick, u8000743
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor020204 - Plasma Physics; Fusion Plasmas; Electrical Discharges
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4695161xPUB22
local.identifier.citationvolume39
local.identifier.doi10.1109/TPS.2011.2158589
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-81255185232
local.identifier.thomsonID000299683400207
local.type.statusPublished Version

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