Ion Cyclotron Waves in the VASIMR

Details Ion Cyclotron Waves in the VASIMR Ion Cyclotron Waves in the VASIMR

Dec 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008agufmsm31a1683b&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #SM31A-1683

Physics

7823 Ionization Processes (2423), 7831 Laboratory Studies And Experimental Techniques, 7835 Magnetic Reconnection (2723, 7526), 7846 Plasma Energization, 7867 Wave/Particle Interactions (2483, 6984)

Scientific paper

The Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket is an electric propulsion system under development at Ad Astra Rocket Company that utilizes several processes of ion acceleration and heating that occur in the Birkeland currents of an auroral arc system. Among these processes are parallel electric field acceleration, lower hybrid resonance heating, and ion cyclotron resonance heating. The VASIMR is capable of laboratory simulation of electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave heating during a single pass of the plasma through the resonance region. The plasma is generated by a helicon discharge of about 25 kW then passes through an RF booster stage that shoots left hand polarized slow mode waves from the high field side of the resonance. This paper will focus on the upgrades to the VX-200 test model over the last year. After summarizing the VX- 50 and VX-100 results, the new data from the VX-200 model will be presented. Lastly, the changes to the VASIMR experiment due to Ad Astra Rocket Company's new facility in Webster, Texas will also be discussed, including the possibility of collaborative experiments at the new facility.

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