Volume 16, Issue 5 No AccessIon-Energy Diagnostics in the Plasma Exhaust Plume of a Hall ThrusterLyon B. King and Alec D. GallimoreLyon B. King University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105Search for more papers by this author and Alec D. Gallimore University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:23 May 2012https://doi.org/10.2514/2.5660SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookXLinked InRedditEmail About Previous article Next article FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee PDF for referencesCited byStudy on the plasma plume structures in a cylindrical Hall thruster1 Jan 2024 | Vacuum, Vol. 219Effect of radial scaling down on the performance of low-power external discharge plasma thrusters1 Oct 2023 | Vacuum, Vol. 216Spacecraft-plasma-debris interaction in an ion beam shepherd mission1 May 2018 | Acta Astronautica, Vol. 146Performance characteristics according to the radial position of gas distributor holes in a low-power cylindrical Hall thruster10 August 2016 | Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 23, No. 8Ion properties in a Hall current thruster operating at high voltage29 April 2016 | Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 119, No. 16A collisionless plasma thruster plume expansion model30 April 2015 | Plasma Sources Science and Technology, Vol. 24, No. 3On Scaling of Hall Effect Thrusters1 Jan 2015 | IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol. 43, No. 1Radial scale effect on the performance of low-power cylindrical Hall plasma thrusters23 September 2013 | Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 103, No. 13Hall-Thruster Scaling LawsAndrey A. Shagayda and Oleg A. Gorshkov19 March 2013 | Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 29, No. 2Number Density Distributions of Xenon Atom in Hall Thruster PlumesMakoto Matsui, Shigeru Yokota, Daichi Sako, Kimiya Komurasaki and Yoshihiro Arakawa18 June 2012Diagnostics of Hall Thruster Plume by Laser Absorption SpectroscopyShigeru Yokota, Makoto Matsui, Daichi Sako, Naoji Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Koizumi, Kimiya Komurasaki, Hideki Nakashima and Yoshihiro Arakawa18 June 2012High-Specific Impulse Hall Thrusters, Part 2: Efficiency Analysis Richard R. Hofer and Alec D. Gallimore 23 May 2012 | Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 22, No. 4Passive optical diagnostic of Xe-propelled Hall thrusters. I. Emission cross sections9 June 2006 | Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 99, No. 11Plume Characterization of Plasma Thrusters Using Diode-Laser Absorption SpectroscopyMakoto Matsui, Shigeru Yokota, Hiroki Takayanagi, Hiroyuki Koizumi, Kimiya Komurasaki and Yoshihiro Arakawa21 June 2012Limits on the efficiency of several electric thruster configurations1 May 2003 | Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 10, No. 5Xenon charge exchange cross sections for electrostatic thruster models1 Feb 2002 | Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 91, No. 3Near-Field Ion Energy and Species Measurements of a 5-kW Hall Thruster Frank S. Gulczinski III and Alec D. Gallimore 23 May 2012 | Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 17, No. 2Mass Spectral Measurements in the Plume of an SPT-100 Hall Thruster Lyon B. King and Alec D. Gallimore 23 May 2012 | Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 16, No. 6 What's Popular Volume 16, Number 5September 2000 Metrics Crossmark TopicsAircraft EnginesCombustion ChambersElectrochemical CellsElectrodesEnergyEnergy FormsEnergy Forms, Production and ConversionEnergy Storage and BatteriesIon ThrusterJet EnginesPropellantPropulsion and PowerSpacecraft Propulsion KeywordsHall ThrusterEnergy DistributionPropellantThruster PlumesThrust VectoringElectron TemperatureKinetic EnergyMass SpectrometersIon BeamPower Processing UnitDigital Published online23 May 2012