Helicon Double Layer Thruster Development: Publications & Presentations
Technical publications and conference presentations regarding the Helicon Double Layer Thruster
Patent
C. CHARLES, R.W. BOSWELL, "A plasma beam generator". PCT (International) June 19, 2003 following Provisional Patent Application No PS3033/02, June 19, 2002.
Papers in Referred Journals
C. CHARLES, R.W. BOSWELL and M.A. LIEBERMAN "Xenon ion beam characterization in a Helicon Double Layer Thruster". Applied Physics Letters 89, 261503, 1-3 (2006). PDF (~290 kB)
M.A. LIEBERMAN, C. CHARLES and R.W. BOSWELL "A theory for formation of a low pressure, current-free double layer". Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 39, 3294-3304 (2006). PDF (~750 kB)
M.A. LIEBERMAN and C. CHARLES "Theory for formation of a low-pressure, current-free double layer". Physical Review Letters 97, 045003, 1-4 (2006). PDF (~175 kB)
F.N. GESTO, B.D. BLACKWELL, C. CHARLES and R.W. BOSWELL "Ion detachment in the Helicon Double Layer Thruster exhaust beam". Journal of Propulsion and Power 22, 1, 24-30 (2006). PDF (~7 MB)
C. CHARLES "Spatial measurements of an ion beam emitted from a double-layer". IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 33, 336-337 (2005).
C. CHARLES "High source potential upstream of a current-free electric double-layer". Phys. Plasmas 12, 044508, 1-4 (2005).
A. MEIGE, R.W. BOSWELL, C. CHARLES and M.M. TURNER "One-dimensional ParticleInCell simulation of a current-free double-layer in an expanding plasma". Phys. Plasmas 12, 052317, 1-10 (2005).
C. CHARLES, R.W. BOSWELL, "Time development of a current-free "helicon" double-layer". Phys. Plasmas 11, 3808-3812 (2004).
C. CHARLES, R.W. BOSWELL, "Laboratory evidence of a supersonic ion beam generated by a current-free "helicon" double-layer". Phys. Plasmas 11, 1706-1714 (2004).
C. CHARLES, "Hydrogen ion beam generated by a current-free double-layer in a helicon plasma". Applied Physics Letters 84, 332-334 (2004).
C. CHARLES and R.W. BOSWELL, "Current-free double-layer formation in a high-density helicon discharge". Applied Physics Letters 82, 1356-1358 (2003).
J.P. SQUIRE, F.R.C. DIAZ, T.W. GLOVER, V.T. JACOBSON, D.G. CHAVERS, R.D. BENGTSON, E.A. BERING, R.W. BOSWELL, R.H. GOULDING and M. LIGHT, "Progress in experimental research of the VASIMR engine". Fusion Science and Technology 43, 111-117 (2003).
Conference Presentations
43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, Jan. 10-13, 2005, Reno, NV, USA.
Development of the Helicon Double Layer Thruster: A New Space Plasma Engine (~900kB PDF file)
M.D. WEST, C. CHARLES, R.W. BOSWELL
56th Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference, Oct. 21-24, 2003, NASA Ames Research Centre, San Francisco, CA, USA
Plasma beam generation from a helicon current-free double-layer (200kB PDF file)
C. CHARLES & R.W. BOSWELL
