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Richard R. Hofer is affiliated with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the United States. Their primary field of study is Engineering, with a focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, which constitutes the majority of their published work. Additional subfields include Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence.

Their research topics cover a range of subjects related to plasma physics, propulsion, and materials science. Major topics in their work include:

  • Plasma Diagnostics and Applications
  • Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
  • Magnetic Field Sensors Techniques
  • Laser-induced Spectroscopy and Plasma
  • Radiation Effects in Electronics
  • Graphene Research and Applications
  • Cryptographic Implementations and Security

Richard R. Hofer has contributed to multiple scientific publications, often appearing in journals and forums specializing in applied physics and propulsion technology. Frequent publication venues where their work appears include:

  • Journal of Applied Physics
  • AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2020 Forum
  • AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2021 Forum
  • Journal of Electric Propulsion
  • Default Digital Object Group

Frequent co-authors assisting in research and publications are:

  • Jason D. Frieman
  • Hani Kamhawi
  • Peter Y. Peterson
  • Jon Mackey
  • Vernon H. Chaplin

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Richard R. Hofer include:

  • Time-resolved ion velocity measurements in a high-power Hall thruster using laser-induced fluorescence with transfer function averaging, 2020, Applied Physics Letters
  • Wear trends of the 12.5 kW HERMeS Hall thruster, 2021, Journal of Applied Physics
  • Electric Propulsion for the Psyche Mission: Development Activities and Status, 2020, AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2020 Forum
  • Processing-Microstructure-Property Relationships in a Laser-Deposited Fe-Co-V Alloy, 2021, Advanced Engineering Materials
  • Ion Velocity Characterization of the 12.5-kW Advanced Electric Propulsion System Engineering Hall Thruster, 2021, AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2021 Forum

Best Publications

  • Magnetic shielding of a laboratory Hall thruster. I. Theory and validation

    Ioannis G. Mikellides;Ira Katz;Richard R. Hofer;Dan M. Goebel

  • Development and Characterization of High-Efficiency, High-Specific Impulse Xenon Hall Thrusters

    Richard Robert Hofer

  • Magnetic shielding of a laboratory Hall thruster. II. Experiments

    Richard R. Hofer;Dan M. Goebel;Ioannis G. Mikellides;Ira Katz

  • Magnetic Shielding of the Channel Walls in a Hall Plasma Accelerator

    Ioannis G. Mikellides;Ira Katz;Richard R. Hofer;Dan M. Goebel

  • Laboratory Model 50 kW Hall Thruster

    David Manzella;Robert Jankovsky;Richard Hofer

  • Magnetic shielding of walls from the unmagnetized ion beam in a Hall thruster

    Ioannis G. Mikellides;Ira Katz;Richard R. Hofer;Dan M. Goebel

  • Survey of Propulsion Technologies Applicable to Cubesats

    Juergen Mueller;Richard Hofer;John Ziemer

  • High-specific impulse Hall thrusters, part 1: Influence of current density and magnetic field

    Richard R. Hofer;Robert S. Jankovsky;Alec D. Gallimore

  • High-Specific Impulse Hall Thrusters, Part 2: Efficiency Analysis

    Richard R. Hofer;Richard R. Hofer;Alec D. Gallimore

  • Design of a Laboratory Hall Thruster with Magnetically Shielded Channel Walls, Phase II: Experiments

    Richard Hofer;Dan Goebel;Ioannis Mikellides;Ira Katz

  • Method for analyzing E×B probe spectra from Hall thruster plumes

    Rohit Shastry;Richard R. Hofer;Bryan M. Reid;Alec D. Gallimore

  • Magnetic Shielding of the Acceleration Channel Walls in a Long-Life Hall Thruster

    Ioannis G. Mikellides;Ira Katz;Richard R. Hofer;Dan M. Goebel

  • Efficacy of Electron Mobility Models in Hybrid-PIC Hall Thruster Simulations

    Richard R. Hofer;Ira Katz;Ioannis G. Mikellides;Dan M. Goebel

  • Hall Thruster Cathode Flow Impact on Coupling Voltage and Cathode Life

    Dan M. Goebel;Kristina K. Jameson;Richard R. Hofer

  • Evaluation of a 4.5 kW Commercial Hall Thruster System for NASA Science Missions

    Richard R. Hofer;Thomas M. Randolph;David Y. Oh;John Steven Snyder

  • Effects of Internally Mounted Cathodes on Hall Thruster Plume Properties

    R.R. Hofer;L.K. Johnson;D.M. Goebel;R.E. Wirz

  • Effect of Backpressure on Ion Current Density Measurements in Hall Thruster Plumes

    Mitchell L. R. Walker;Allen L. Victor;Richard R. Hofer;Alec D. Gallimore

  • NASA's 2004 Hall Thruster Program

    David T. Jacobson;David H. Manzella;Richard R. Hofer;Peter Y. Peterson

  • Design of a Laboratory Hall Thruster with Magnetically Shielded Channel Walls, Phase I: Numerical Simulations

    Ioannis G. Mikellides;Ira Katz;Richard R. Hofer

  • Azimuthal Spoke Propagation in Hall Effect Thrusters

    Michael J. Sekerak;Benjamin W. Longmier;Alec D. Gallimore;Daniel L. Brown

  • Wall Sheath and Electron Mobility Modeling in Hybrid-PIC Hall Thruster Simulations

    Richard R. Hofer;Ioannis G. Mikellides;Ira Katz;Dan M. Goebel

Frequent Co-Authors

Alec D. Gallimore
Alec D. Gallimore University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ira Katz
Ira Katz Jet Propulsion Lab

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