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Any technical questions should be directed to the appropriate researcher or the PEPL director. Several of the papers below are available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. If you see a paper number underlined, the PDF is available.
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Brown, D. L., "Investigation of Low Discharge Voltage Hall Thruster Characteristics and Evaluation of Loss Mechanisms,"
Ph.D. Dissertation,
University of Michigan, 2009.
Lemmer, K. M., "Use of a Helicon Source for Development of a Re-Entry Blackout Amelioration System,"
Ph.D. Dissertation,
University of Michigan, 2009.
Reid, B. M., "The Influence of Neutral Flow Rate in the Operation of Hall Thrusters,"
Ph.D. Dissertation,
University of Michigan, 2008.
Kirtley, D. E., "Study of the Synchronous Operation of an Annular Field Reversed Configuration Plasma Device,"
Ph.D. Dissertation,
University of Michigan, 2008.
Linnell, J. A., "An Evaluation of Krypton Propellant in Hall Thrusters,"
Ph.D. Dissertation,
University of Michigan, 2007.
Victor, A. L., "Design and Utilization of a Top Hat Analyzer for Hall Thruster Plume Diagnostics,"
Ph.D. Dissertation,
University of Michigan, 2006.
Rovey, J. L., "A Multiple-Cathode, High-Power, Rectangular
Ion Thruster Discharge Chamber for Increasing Thruster Lifetime,"
Ph.D. Dissertation,
University of Michigan, 2006.
Herman, D. A., "The Use of Electrostatic Probes
to Characterize the Discharge Plasma Structure and Identify
Discharge Cathode Erosion Mechanisms in Ring-Cusp Ion Thrusters,"
Ph.D.
Dissertation, University of Michigan, 2005.
Walker, M. L. R., "Effects of Facility Backpressure on the Performance
and Plume of a Hall Thruster," Ph.D.
Dissertation, University of Michigan, 2005.
Peterson, P. Y., "The Development and Characterization
of a Two-Stage Hybrid Hall/Ion Thruster," Ph.D.
Dissertation, University of Michigan, 2004.
Hofer, R. R., "Development and Characterization of
High-Efficiency, High-Specific Impulse Xenon Hall Thrusters,"
Ph.D.
Dissertation, University of Michigan, 2004.
Beal, B. E., "Clustering of Hall Effect Thrusters for
High-Power Electric Propulsion Applications," Ph.D.
Dissertation, University of Michigan, 2004.
Smith, T. B., "Deconvolution of Ion Velocity Distributions from
Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectra of Xenon Electrostatic Thruster
Plumes," Ph.D.
Dissertation, University of Michigan, 2003.
Haas, J. M.,"Low-perturbation Interrogation of the Internal and
Near-field Plasma Structure of a Hall Thruster Using a High-Speed
Probe Positioning System," Ph.D.
Dissertation, University of Michigan, 2001.
Williams, G. J., "The Use of Laser-Induced Fluorescence to Characterize
Discharge Cathode Erosion in a 30cm Ring-Cusp Ion Thruster,"
Ph.D.
Dissertation, University of Michigan, 2000.
Domonkos, M. T., "Evaluation of Low-Current Orificed Hollow
Cathodes," Ph.D.
Dissertation, University of Michigan, 1999.
Gulczinski, F. S., "Examination of the Structure and Evolution
of Ion Energy Properties of a 5 kW Class Laboratory Hall Effect
Thruster at Various Operational Conditions," Ph.D.
Dissertation, University of Michigan, 1999.
Kim, S. W., "Experimental Investigations of Plasma Parameters
and Species-Dependent Ion Energy Distribution in the Plasma
Exhaust Plume of a Hall Thruster," Ph.D.
Dissertation, University of Michigan, 1999.
Marrese, C. M., "Compatibility of Field Emission Cathode
and Electric Propulsion Technologies," Ph.D.
Dissertation, University of Michigan, 1999.
Van Noord, J. L., "Thermal Model of an Ion Thruster,"
Ph.D.
Dissertation, University of Michigan, 1999.
Bilen, S. G., "Pulse Propagation Along Conductors in Low-density,
Cold Plasmas as Applied to Electrodynamic Tethers in the Ionosphere,"
Ph.D.
Dissertation, University of Michigan, 1998.
King, L. B., "Transport-property and Mass Spectral Measurements
in the Plasma Exhaust Plume of a Hall-effect Space Propulsion
System," Ph.D.
Dissertation, University of Michigan, 1998.
Foster, J., "An Investigation of the Near-Anode Region and its Role in
Anode Power Deposition in an Arc Discharge under the Influence of a Transverse Magnetic
Field,"
Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Michigan, 1996.
Ohler, S. G., "Space Electric Propulsion Plasma
Characterization Using Microwave and Ion Acoustic Wave Propagation,"
Ph.D.
Dissertation, University of Michigan, 1996.
Gallimore, A. D., "Anode Power Deposition in Coaxial MPD Thrusters,"
Ph.D.
Dissertation, Princeton University, 1992.
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