Volume 24, Issue 4 No AccessIon-Collision Emission Excitation Cross Sections for Xenon Electric Thruster PlasmasJason D. Sommerville, Lyon B. King, Yu-Hui Chiu and Rainer A. DresslerJason D. Sommerville Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931Search for more papers by this author, Lyon B. King Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931Search for more papers by this author, Yu-Hui Chiu U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts 01731Search for more papers by this author and Rainer A. Dressler U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts 01731Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:23 May 2012https://doi.org/10.2514/1.33657SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookXLinked InRedditEmail About Previous article Next article FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee PDF for referencesCited byLuminescence Measurements of the Hyperthermal Reactions of N/N + + NH 36 February 2023 | The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol. 127, No. 6Accuracy of using metastable state measurements in laser-induced fluorescence diagnostics of xenon ion velocity in Hall thrusters26 January 2023 | Plasma Sources Science and Technology, Vol. 32, No. 1Insights from Collisional-Radiative Models of Neutral and Singly Ionized Xenon in Hall ThrustersVernon H. Chaplin, Lee K. Johnson, Robert B. Lobbia, Mary F. Konopliv, Timothy Simka and Richard E. Wirz 25 May 2022 | Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 38, No. 5Insights from Collisional-Radiative Models of Neutral and Singly-Ionized Xenon in Hall ThrustersVernon H. Chaplin, Mary Konopliv, Timothy Simka, Lee K. Johnson, Robert B. Lobbia and Richard E. Wirz28 July 2021Photoemission resulting from collisions of I 2 with 5–100 eV electrons29 September 2020 | Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Vol. 53, No. 21Luminescence measurements of hyperthermal Xe 2+ + O 2 and O + + Xe collision systems1 January 2020 | Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol. 22, No. 14A xenon collisional-radiative model applicable to electric propulsion devices: II. Kinetics of the 6s, 6p, and 5d states of atoms and ions in Hall thrusters7 October 2019 | Plasma Sources Science and Technology, Vol. 28, No. 10Lagrangian diffusive reactor for detailed thermochemical computations of plasma flows31 May 2019 | Plasma Sources Science and Technology, Vol. 28, No. 6Emission-Excitation Cross Sections Relevant to Krypton-Propelled Electric ThrustersBenjamin D. Prince, Raymond J. Bemish and Yu-Hui Chiu26 February 2015 | Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 31, No. 2Luminescence Measurements of the Kr+/Kr2+ + Kr Collision SystemsBenjamin Prince and Yu-Hui Chiu6 September 2012Chemi-luminescence measurements of hyperthermal Xe+/Xe2+ + NH3 reactions13 April 2012 | The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 136, No. 14Luminescence measurements of Xe+ + N2 and Xe2+ + N2 hyperthermal charge transfer collisions9 September 2011 | The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 135, No. 10Non-Intrusive, Time-Resolved Hall Thruster Near-Field Electron Temperature MeasurementsAshley Campos, William Hargus and Michael Nakles17 November 2012Magnetic Field Effects on the Plume of a Diverging Cusped-Field ThrusterTaylor Matlock, Stephen Gildea, Fuzhou Hu, Nicholas Becker, Paulo Lozano and Manuel Martinez-Sanchez15 November 2012Near-infrared collisional radiative model for Xe plasma electrostatic thrusters: the role of metastable atoms24 August 2009 | Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 42, No. 18Spectroscopic and Electrostatic Investigation of the Diverging Cusped-Field ThrusterTaylor Matlock, Ryan Daspit, Oleg Batishchev, Paulo Lozano and Manuel Martinez-Sanchez14 June 2012 What's Popular Volume 24, Number 4July 2008 Metrics Crossmark TopicsElectric PropulsionEmission SpectroscopyIon ThrusterMass SpectroscopyMaterial PropertiesMaterialsMaterials and Structural MechanicsOptical Emission SpectroscopyOptical PropertiesPropellantPropulsion and PowerSemiconductorSemiconductor AnalysisSpace Science and TechnologySpacecraft PropulsionSpectroscopy KeywordsElectric ThrustersElectron TemperatureGridded Ion ThrusterLuminescenceIon BeamRadiation TrappingEnergy DistributionOptical Emission SpectroscopyFaraday CupAir Force Research LaboratoryDigital Published online23 May 2012