The <i>E</i> × <i>B</i> drift instability in Hall thruster using 1D PIC/MCC simulation

The E × B drift instability in Hall thruster using 1D PIC/MCC simulation

Asadi Zahra¹, Sharifian Mehdi^{1, †}, Hashemzadeh Mojtaba², Zarandi Mahmood Borhani¹, Marzdashti Hamidreza Ghomi³

(a) Oscillation of the azimuthal electric field at t = 3 μs and (b) time evolution of the azimuthal electric field at y = 0.018 m. (c) Time–space evolution of the azimuthal electric field up to t = 8 μs and L_y = 0.026 m The used parameters are presented in Table 1.