Simulation of plasma dynamics during discharge ignition in Hall thruster Liqiu Wei, Qian Gao, Wenbo Li, Hong Li, Yongjie Ding, You Lv, Fan Wu, Wenci Gu and Daren Yu Eur. Phys. J. D, 73 3 (2019) 55 Published online: 14 March 2019 DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2019-90666-2