An experimental study on the magnetic field permeability of an inductive-pulsed plasma thruster

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/ad9e95

Abstract Inductive-pulsed plasma thruster is an in-space propulsion device that generates thrust by ionizing and accelerating plasma through pulsed electromagnetic field. In this paper, the correlation between plasma structure evolution and magnetic field permeability is studied using a B-dot probe array system, combing with high-speed camera and electrical parameter measurement. Further discussions explained the mechanism how the magnetic permeation characteristics affect the energy deposition between circuit and plasma.

Keywords: inductive-pulsed plasma thruster electric propulsion B-dot probe plasma structure

Received: 22 August 2024
Revised: 06 December 2024
Accepted manuscript online: 13 December 2024

PACS:	52.75.Di	(Ion and plasma propulsion)
	52.80.-s	(Electric discharges)
	52.70.-m	(Plasma diagnostic techniques and instrumentation)
	84.30.Ng	(Oscillators, pulse generators, and function generators)

Fund: Project supported by the Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. T2221002) and the Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 12305286).

Corresponding Authors: Jian-Jun Wu
E-mail: jjwu@nudt.edu.cn

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Bi-Xuan Che(车碧轩), Jian-Jun Wu(吴建军), Mou-Sen Cheng(程谋森), Xiao-Kang Li(李小康), Yu Zhang(张宇), and Da-wei Guo(郭大伟) An experimental study on the magnetic field permeability of an inductive-pulsed plasma thruster 2025 Chin. Phys. B 34 025203

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