3 papers
physics.plasm-ph2025
Benchmark for two-dimensional large scale coherent structures in partially magnetized ExB plasmas -- Community collaboration & lessons learned
Andrew T. Powis, Eduardo Ahedo, Alejandro Ãlvarez Laguna +38
Low-temperature plasmas are essential to both fundamental scientific research and critical industrial applications. As in many areas of science, numerical simulations have become a…
physics.plasm-ph2024
Full Helicon thruster modeling
Daniele Iannarelli, Antonella Ingenito, Francesco Napoli +6
This research work is part of a PhD project aiming to design a new helicon plasma thruster for cargo space missions, within a collaboration between the School of Aerospace Engineer…
physics.plasm-ph2024
A study of an air-breathing electrodeless plasma thruster discharge
Jiewei Zhou, Francesco Taccogna, Pablo Fajardo +1
Plasma chemistry of main air components is implemented in a hybrid 2D axisymmetric simulation code to assess the air-breathing concept in an electrodeless plasma thruster. Relevant…