학술논문

Experimental study of the domain of existence of intensive non-self-sustained discharge in crossed fields.
Document Type
Article
Source
High Temperature. Sep2013, Vol. 51 Issue 5, p601-607. 7p.
Subject
*ANODES
*CATHODES
*MAGNETIC fields
*ELECTRONS
*STOCHASTIC analysis
Language
ISSN
0018-151X
Abstract
A set of experiments was performed on the breadboard model of the Hall thruster with the anode layer. Use of the thermoemission cathodes as the cathode-compensators made it possible to determine the domain of existence of the non-self-sustained type of discharge in the crossed electric and magnetic fields at different values of the anode voltage, the magnetic field, and the working body mass flow rate. According to the electron current transfer mechanism and the current oscillation character, two modes of the discharge are distinguished burning strictly differing, even visually: the 'accelerative' and the 'stochastic' ones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]