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论文类型：期刊论文

发表时间：2009-02-01

发表刊物：PLASMA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

收录刊物：SCIE、EI、CSCD、Scopus

卷号：11

期号：1

页面范围：57-61

ISSN号：1009-0630

关键字：stationary plasma thruster; secondary electron emission; sheath

摘要：A one-dimensional slab model of the plasma sheath in the stationary plasma thruster (SPT) chamber is developed in this study. It is considered that secondary electrons emitted from ceramic walls are partially trapped by the bulk plasma in the SPT chamber; some secondary electrons drift across the sheath where they are generated and the bulk and move towards the opposite sheath. Thus both the secondary electron emission (SEE) from one sheath and the partially trapped secondary electrons from the opposite sheath contribute to this sheath. The results indicate that both the SEE coefficient and trapping coefficient have a significant impact not only on the distributions of both electrons and ions of the SPT sheath but also on the energy flux loss to the SPT wall. When the trapping coefficient increases, the energy flux of electrons deposited to the walls will increase whereas that of ions will decrease. Besides, the critical electron temperature will decrease greatly with the increase of the trapping coefficient.