One study demonstrated a magnetic nozzle radiofrequency plasma thruster achieving an efficiency approaching twenty per cent through refined antenna modes and propellant injection strategies [4].

This article is devoted to the presentation of a numerical model of a Helicon Plasma Thruster (HPT) which relies on: 1) the 3-D adVanced fluId dRifT diffUsion plaSma solver (3D-VIRTUS) for the ...

The existence of a theoretically predicted critical magnetic field strength for efficient plasma confinement in helicon plasma thrusters is verified experimentally in the source of a magnetic nozzle ...

The plasma thruster, developed by Oxfordshire start-up Magdrive, heats tiny bits of solid metal into a hot gas to produce powerful bursts of thrust.

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Here's what happens when quark-gluon plasma 'splashes' during the most energetic particle collisions by Brookhaven National Laboratory edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

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Regenerable Field Emission Cathodes Every plasma thruster has a less exciting, yet crucially important, partner device that must be present on a spacecraft. Because a plasma thruster exhausts a steady ...

As the name suggests, plasma physics concerns the physical properties of plasmas. With increasing temperature, all materials are transformed successively from the solid, to liquid and then gaseous ...

UK start-up Magdrive will launch a metal-fuelled plasma thruster into space for its first test. Never before seen pictures will help scientists learn how the Sun's activity changes from stormy to ...