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Plasma detachment in a propulsive magnetic nozzle via ion demagnetization
2014
Plasma Sources Science & Technology
Plasma detachment in propulsive magnetic nozzles is shown to be a robust phenomenon caused by the inability of the internal electric fields to bend most of the supersonic ions along the magnetic streamtubes. As a result, the plasma momentum is effectively ejected to produce thrust, and only a marginal fraction of the beam mass flows back. Detachment takes place even if quasineutrality holds everywhere and electrons are fully magnetized, and is intimately linked to the formation of local
doi:10.1088/0963-0252/23/3/032001
fatcat:3gonvf6n7bc6dowznks3rd77cu