School of Energy Science and Engineering;
Harbin Institute of Technology;
Harbin 150001;
People's Republic of China;
Key Laboratory of Aerospace Plasma Propulsion;
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology;
Harbin 150001;
People's Republic of China;
Science and Technology on Vacuum Technology and Physics Laboratory;
Lanzhou Institute of Physics;
Lanzhou 730000;
People's Republic of China;
Hall effect thruster; ignition process; discharge voltage; PIC simulation; CCD image;