Volume 14, Issue 3 No AccessTransport-Property Measurements in the Plume of an SPT-100 Hall ThrusterLyon B. King, Alec D. Gallimore and Colleen M. MarreseLyon B. King University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2118Search for more papers by this author, Alec D. Gallimore University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2118Search for more papers by this author and Colleen M. Marrese University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2118Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:23 May 2012https://doi.org/10.2514/2.5301SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookXLinked InRedditEmail About Previous article Next article FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee PDF for referencesCited byPlasma plume simulation of an atomic oxygen-fed ion thruster in very-low-earth-orbit27 December 2023 | Plasma Sources Science and Technology, Vol. 32, No. 12Effects of initial ion velocity, magnetic field and plasma density profiles in simulating the plasma plume in a Hall thruster16 January 2023 | Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, Vol. 44, No. 1Development of a high dynamic range retarding potential analyzer for electric propulsion plume diagnosis11 July 2022 | Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 93, No. 7Investigation into the thermal effect of the LIPS-200 ion thruster plume8 June 2022 | Plasma Science and Technology, Vol. 24, No. 7Dynamics of Rayleigh-Taylor Instability in Plasma Fluids28 July 2021Performance and plume evolutions during the lifetime test of a Hall-effect thruster1 May 2020 | Acta Astronautica, Vol. 170A simplex method for the orbit determination of maneuvering satellites9 November 2017 | Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy, Vol. 61, No. 2Plasma in Space Propulsion1 Jan 2018Measurement of Anode Thermal Power in Hall ThrusterXu Zhang, Liqiu Wei, Liang Han, Yongjie Ding and Daren Yu17 April 2017 | Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 31, No. 3Performance Evaluation of the T-40 Low-Power Hall Current ThrusterJason D. 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