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Electrical Facility Effects on Faraday Probe Measurements

2017; American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Volume: 34; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2514/1.b36467

1533-3876

Jason D. Frieman, Nathan P. Brown, Connie Y. Liu, Thomas M. Liu, Mitchell L. R. Walker, Vadim Khayms, D. KING,

Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies

No AccessTechnical NoteElectrical Facility Effects on Faraday Probe MeasurementsJason D. Frieman, Nathan P. Brown, Connie Y. Liu, Thomas M. Liu, Mitchell L. R. Walker, Vadim Khayms and David Q. KingJason D. FriemanGeorgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332*Graduate Research Assistant, Aerospace Engineering, High-Power Electric Propulsion Laboratory; . Student Member AIAA.Search for more papers by this author, Nathan P. BrownGeorgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332†Graduate Research Assistant, Aerospace Engineering, High-Power Electric Propulsion Laboratory; . Student Member AIAA.Search for more papers by this author, Connie Y. LiuGeorgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332‡Graduate Research Assistant, Aerospace Engineering, High-Power Electric Propulsion Laboratory; . Student Member AIAA.Search for more papers by this author, Thomas M. LiuGeorgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332§Research Engineer II, Aerospace Engineering, High-Power Electric Propulsion Laboratory; . Member AIAA.Search for more papers by this author, Mitchell L. R. WalkerGeorgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332¶Professor, Aerospace Engineering, High-Power Electric Propulsion Laboratory; . Associate Fellow AIAA.Search for more papers by this author, Vadim KhaymsLockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Sunnyvale, California 94089**Electric Propulsion Architect; . Member AIAA.Search for more papers by this author and David Q. KingAerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., Redmond, Washington 98052††Technical Fellow, Engineering; currently Principal Propulsion Engineer, Space Exploration Technologies Corporation; . 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D., “The Effects of Nude Faraday Probe Design and Vacuum Facility Backpressure on the Measured Ion Current Density Profile of Hall Thruster Plumes,” 38th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2002-4253, July 2002. doi:https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2012-4253 LinkGoogle Scholar Previous article Next article FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited byElectrical characteristics of a Hall effect thruster body in a vacuum facility testing environment10 October 2022 | Journal of Electric Propulsion, Vol. 1, No. 1Impact of Propellant Species on Hall Effect Thruster Electrical Facility EffectsJason D. Frieman, Nathan P. Brown, Connie Y. Liu, Thomas M. Liu, Mitchell L. R. Walker, Vadim Khayms and David Q. King5 December 2017 | Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 34, No. 3 What's Popular Volume 34, Number 1January 2018 CrossmarkInformationCopyright © 2017 by Jason David Frieman. Published by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., with permission. All requests for copying and permission to reprint should be submitted to CCC at www.copyright.com; employ the ISSN 0748-4658 (print) or 1533-3876 (online) to initiate your request. See also AIAA Rights and Permissions www.aiaa.org/randp. TopicsElectric PropulsionIon ThrusterPlanetary Science and ExplorationPlanetsPlasma PhysicsPropellantPropulsion and PowerSpace MissionsSpace Science and TechnologySpacecraft Propulsion KeywordsHall Effect ThrusterHigh Power Electric PropulsionIon BeamAerospace EngineeringDAQPropulsion SystemPower SuppliesPropellantSpace MissionsPlasma SheathAcknowledgmentsJason Frieman, Connie Liu, and Nathan Brown are supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship under grant DGE-1148903. Jason Frieman is also supported by an Achievement Reward for College Scientists award sponsored by Lockheed Martin.PDF Received9 September 2016Accepted30 May 2017Published online7 August 2017