Hall field plasma accelerator with an inner and outer anode

Details Hall field plasma accelerator with an inner and outer anode Hall field plasma accelerator with an inner and outer anode

1998-06-30

2000-06-13

Bettendorf, Justin P.

Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems

Discharge device load with fluent material supply to the...

Electron or ion source

31511161, 60202, 3133591, H01J 2702

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060753218

ABSTRACT:
A Hall field plasma accelerator with closed electron drift includes a composite anode including a housing with inner and outer walls which form an outer anode and an inner anode forming inner and outer distribution zones; the housing is electrically conductive and has an upstream end and an exit port electrically insulated from the housing; the composite anode includes an input distribution system for introducing plasma gas into the distribution zones; poles establish a magnetic field across the exit port and a cathode establishes an electron flow through the magnetic field toward the composite anode and creates an electric field through the exit port; the electrons ionize the plasma gas that is accelerated by the electric field through the exit port.

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