Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited

Nagoya University

Shigeru Yokota

Hirofumi Shimizu

Takuya Yamazaki

Akihiro Sasoh

Shota Harada

Teruaki Baba

Satoshi Fujiwara

Plasma which is supplied from a supply passage () is accelerated with a Hall electric field (E) which is generated through interaction of electrons (e) emitted from a cathode (), a radial direction magnetic field (Bd), and an electric field (Ex).

Plasma accelerating apparatus and plasma accelerating method

Electrodeless plasma is supplied to a space between a cathode and an anode such that a resistivity in the space is reduced. The electrodeless plasma is accelerated with Lorentz force induced by a radial direction magnetic field component and an axial direction magnetic field component that are generated in the space, and current in the space.

MPD thruster that accelerates electrodeless plasma and electrodeless plasma accelerating method using MPD thruster

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Aichi, Japan

Shigeru Yokota