No AccessPhysical Parametric Studies in an Ion Engine Discharge Chamber Using a PIC-MCC SimulationSudhakar Mahalingam and James MenartSudhakar MahalingamTech-X CorporationSearch for more papers by this author and James MenartWright State UniversitySearch for more papers by this authorSession: EP-13: Ion Thruster Physics and Modeling IIPublished Online:15 Jun 2012https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2008-4733SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookXLinked InRedditEmail About Previous chapter Next chapter FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee PDF for referencesCited byRevealing the plasma confinement behavior of an axial ring cusp hybrid discharge in a miniature ion thruster using PIC/MCC simulation9 August 2023 | Plasma Sources Science and Technology, Vol. 32, No. 8Numerical simulation of the start-up process of a miniature ion thruster8 June 2022 | Plasma Science and Technology, Vol. 24, No. 7Numerical investigation of plasma behavior in a micro DC ion thruster using the particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo collision (PIC/MCC) method20 August 2021 | Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 54, No. 44Modeling and Simulation of the Effect of Cathode Gas Flow on the Lifetime and Performance of an Annular-Geometry Ion Engine1 Jan 2019 | IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol. 47, No. 1Off Design Simulation Results of Several Operating Conditions of the NEXT Discharge ChamberBryan Bias, Bryan Penkal, Michael Jonell, James Menart and Sudhakar Mahalingam17 November 2012 What's Popular 44th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit 21 July 2008 - 23 July 2008Hartford,CThttps://doi.org/10.2514/6.2008-4733 Crossmark TopicsComputational Fluid DynamicsFinite Difference MethodFluid DynamicsFluid Flow PropertiesIon ThrusterPropellantPropulsion and PowerSpacecraft Propulsion KeywordsHall ThrusterKinetic EnergyNumerical SimulationStatic Electric FieldsNumber of ParticlesPermittivityMagnetic Field StrengthPropellantMagnetic FluxEnergy DistributionDigital Topics Joint Propulsion