TY - EJOUR
AU - Verma, Dhananjay
AU - Malik, Hitendra K.
PY - 2023
DA - November
TI - Analytical solution of Rayleigh-Taylor instability in a Hall thruster having double-ionized ions
T2 - Journal of Theoretical and Applied Physics
VL - 17
L1 - https://oiccpress.com/journal-of-theoretical-and-applied-physics/article/analytical-solution-of-rayleigh-taylor-instability-in-a-hall-thruster-having-double-ionized-ions/
DO - 10.57647/j.jtap.2023.1705.53
N2 - A modified Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) instability equation is derived using a three-fluid Hall thruster plasma model by including multi-ionized ions to study the growth rate of the RT instability. For a simplified plasma density and electron drift velocity axial profile, the growth rate for an unstable wave and the condition leading to this instability are discussed. A possible analytical solution for the modified Rayleigh-Taylor equation is discussed along with the condition that leads to it. For double-ionized ions, the behavior of growth rate and perturbed potential for different densities of double-ionized ions are studied.
IS - 5
PB - OICC Press
KW - Multi-ionized ions, Solution of modified Rayleigh-Taylor equation, Density-driven instability, Instability conditions 
EN -