As background, Hall effect thrusters generate propulsion by using a magnetic field to ionize a propellant, usually xenon or krypton. The ionized gas is then accelerated through an electric field ...

This method consists of a nuclear reactor generating electrical power for a Hall-Effect Thruster or ion engine ... and channeled by a powerful magnetic field to produce powerful thrust.

A flower-shaped structure only a few micrometers in size made of a nickel-iron alloy can concentrate and locally enhance ...

Tiny magnetic "flowers" engineered by physicist Anna Palau are redefining how we manipulate magnetic fields. These ...

A team of researchers has developed a pioneering 3-axis Hall-effect magnetic sensor based on an inverted pyramid structure.

Most of the time, the Earth and Sun’s magnetic fields are misaligned, leaving our planet’s field less open to the ...

If one side of a conducting or semiconducting material is heated while the other remains cool, charge carriers move from the ...

Delft University's inverted pyramid Hall-effect sensor achieves improved sensitivity and offset reduction, enhancing performance in magnetic sensing technology.

By comparison, hydrazine propulsion offers ten times more thrust but operates at a lower specific impulse. And Hall-effect thrusters can provide similar force at a lower specific impulse but may ...