Publications

  • Temperature gradients due to adiabatic plasma expansion in a magnetic nozzle

    J.P. Sheehan, B.W. Longmier, E.A. Bering, C.S. Olsen, J.P. Squire, M.G. Ballenger, M.D. Carter, L.D. Cassady, F.R. Chang Díaz, T.W. Glover and A.V. Ilin

    Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 10.1088/0963-0252/23/4/045014, 2014

  • Validation and evaluation of a novel time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence technique

    Chris J. Durot, Alec D. Gallimore, and Timothy B. Smith

    Review of Scientific Instruments, Art. No. 013508 , Vol. 85, 2014

  • Mode transition of a Hall thruster discharge plasma

    K. Hara, M.J. Sekerak, I.D. Boyd, and A.D. Gallimore

    Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 115, Issue 20, pg. 203304, 2014

  • The X3 100-kW Class Nested-Channel Hall Thruster: Motivation, Implementation, and Initial Performance

    Florenz, R

    University of Michigan, Ph.D. Dissertation, 2014

  • Validation and evaluation of a novel time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence technique

    Chris J. Durot, Alec D. Gallimore, and Timothy B. Smith

    Rev. Sci. Instrum by the American Institute of Physics, Art. No. 013508 , Vol. 85, 2014

  • A cavity ring-down spectroscopy sensor for real-time Hall thruster erosion measurements

    B.C. Lee, W. Huang, L. Tao, N. Yamamoto, A.D. Gallimore, and A.P. Yalin

    Review of Scientific Instruments, 10.1063/1.4879135 Vol. 85, 2014

  • Perturbation analysis of ionization oscillations in Hall effect thrusters

    K. Hara, M.J. Sekerak, I.D. Boyd, and A.D. Gallimore

    Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 21, Issue. 20, pg. 122103, 2014

  • Plasma Oscillations and Operational Modes in Hall Effect Thrusters

    Sekerak, M.

    University of Michigan, Ph.D. Dissertation, 2014

  • Preliminary Results and Future Goals for a Simultaneous Characterization of a Nested-channel Hall Thruster in Experiment and Simulation

    Dragnea, H.C, Boyd, I.D., Hall, S.J., and Gallimore, A.D.

    20th Advanced Space Propulsion Workshop, Cleveland, OH, Presentation, November 17, 2014

  • Preliminary Observations of Channel Interaction in a 100-kW Class Nested-channel Hall Thruster

    Hall, S., Florenz, R., and Gallimore, A

    University of Michigan Engineering Graduate Symposium, Ann Arbor, MI, Poster, November 14, 2014

  • Development and Validation of a Quasi-one-dimensional Particle-in-cell Code for Magnetic Nozzle Simulation

    Ebersohn, F.H., Sheehan, J.P., Longmier, B.W., and Shebalin, J.V.

    University of Michigan Engineering Graduate Symposium, Ann Arbor, MI, Poster, November 14, 2014

  • Development of Novel Propellant Feed Systems for the CubeSat Ambipolar Thruster

    Collard, T., Sheehan, J.P., and Longmier, B.W

    University of Michigan Engineering Graduate Symposium, Ann Arbor, MI, Poster, November 14, 2014

  • An Inner Channel Simulation of the X2 Nested Channel Hall Effect Thruster

    Dragnea, H.C, and Boyd, I.D.

    University of Michigan Engineering Graduate Symposium, Ann Arbor, MI, Poster, November 14, 2014

  • Preliminary Observations of Channel Interaction in a 100-kW Class Nested-channel Hall Thruster

    Hall, S., Florenz, R., and Gallimore, A.

    5th MIPSE Graduate Symposium, Ann Arbor, MI, Poster, October 8, 2014

  • The X2 Nested Channel Hall Effect Thruster: an Inner Channel Simulation

    Dragnea, H.C, Boyd, I.D., and Gallimore, A.D.

    5th MIPSE Graduate Symposium, Ann Arbor, MI, Poster, October 8, 2014

  • Development and Validation of a Quasi-one-dimensional Particle-in-cell Code for Magnetic Nozzle Simulation

    Ebersohn, F.H., Sheehan, J.P., Longmier, B.W., and Shebalin, J.V

    5th MIPSE Graduate Symposium, Ann Arbor, MI, Poster, October 8, 2014

  • Azimuthal Spoke Propagation in Hall Effect Thrusters

    M.J. Sekerak, B.W. Longmier, A.D. Gallimore, D.L. Brown, R.R. Hofer, and J.E. Polk

    IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 10.1109/TPS.2014.2355223 Vol. PP, Issue 99, Oct. 2014

  • New Low-Power Plasma Thruster for Nanosatellites

    Sheehan, J.P., Longmier, B.W., Reese, I., and Collard, T.

    50th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Cleveland, OH, AIAA 2014-3914, July 28-30, 2014

  • Mode Transitions in Magnetically Shielded Hall Effect Thrusters

    Sekerak, M.J., Longmier, B.W., Gallimore, A., Huang, W., Kamhawi, H., Hofer, R.R., Jorns, B., and Polk, J.E.

    50th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Cleveland, OH, AIAA 2014-3511, July 28-30, 2014

  • Quasi-one-dimensional code for particle-in-cell simulation of magnetic nozzle expansion

    Ebersohn, F.H., Sheehan, J.P., Longmier, B.W., and Shebalin, J.V.

    50th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Cleveland, OH, AIAA 2014-4027, July 28-30, 2014

  • Implementation and Initial Validation of a 100-kW Class Nested-channel Hall Thruster

    Hall, S., Florenz, R., Gallimore, A., Kamhawi, H., Brown, D., Polk, J., Goebel, D., Hofer, R.

    50th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Cleveland, OH, AIAA 2014-3815, July 28-30, 2014

  • MHD Simulation of Plasma Rocket Exhaust

    Ebersohn, F.H., Sheehan, J.P., Longmier, B.W., and Shebalin, J.V

    9th PAMIR International Conference, Riga, Latvia, Poster and paper, June 16-20, 2014

  • Performance of a Helicon Hall Thruster Operating with Xenon, Argon, and Nitrogen

    Adam Shabshelowitz, Alec D. Gallimore and Peter Y. Peterson

    AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, DOI: 10.2514/1.B35041 , Vol. 30, No. 3, May-June 2014

  • Plasma Adiabaticity in a Diverging Magnetic Nozzle

    Sheehan, J.P., Longmier, B.W., and Bering, E.A

    41st IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, Washington, D.C., Poster, May 25-29, 2014