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No Access Submitted: 16 October 2003 Accepted: 24 February 2004 Published Online: 13 April 2004

  • Temperature gradient in Hall thrusters

Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 3028 (2004); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1710732
D. Staack, Y. Raitses, and N. J. Fisch
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  • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
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  • D. Staack
  • Y. Raitses
  • N. J. Fisch
ABSTRACT
Plasma potentials and electron temperatures were deduced from emissive and cold floating probe measurements in a 2 kW Hall thruster, operated in the discharge voltage range of 200–400 V. An almost linear dependence of the electron temperature on the plasma potential was observed in the acceleration region of the thruster both inside and outside the thruster. This result calls into question whether secondary electron emission from the ceramic channel walls plays a significant role in electron energy balance. The proportionality factor between the axial electron temperature gradient and the electric field is also significantly smaller than might be expected by fluid models.

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