Session BO5 : Processing, Plasma Antennas, and Electric Propulsion

Chair: Igor Alexeff, University of Tennessee
Rosen Centre Hotel - Salon 11/12


Monday, November 12, 2007
9:30 AM–9:42 AM

BO5.00001 : Optimization of Extreme Ultra-Violet Emission from Laser-produced Tin Plasmas by Radiation Hydrodynamic Simulations
Atsushi Sunahara, Akira Sasaki, Katsunobu Nishihara, Hirofumi Ueda, Tatsuya Aota, S. Fujioka, Michiteru Yamaura, Yoshinori Shimada, H. Nishimura, Noriaki Miyanaga, Yasukazu Izawa, K. Mima

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Monday, November 12, 2007
9:42 AM–9:54 AM

BO5.00002 : Role of inert gas in the low-temperature CVD nano-crystalline diamond process.
Paresh Ray, Jelani Griffin

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Monday, November 12, 2007
9:54 AM–10:06 AM

BO5.00003 : Electroluminescence of Carbon-Implanted Silicon
Marcel Risch, Michael Bradley

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Monday, November 12, 2007
10:06 AM–10:18 AM

BO5.00004 : Plasma Antenna Shielding
Esmaeil Farshi, Igor Alexeff, Ted Anderson

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Monday, November 12, 2007
10:18 AM–10:30 AM

BO5.00005 : Experimental Validation of a Hydromagnetic Rankine-Hugoniot Model for Pulsed Plasma Thrusters
Flavio Poehlmann, Nicolas Gascon, Mark Cappelli

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Monday, November 12, 2007
10:30 AM–10:42 AM

BO5.00006 : High Resolution Spectral Measurements of Electrical Propulsion Plasmas
Murat Celik, Oleg Batishchev, Manuel Martinez-Sanchez

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Monday, November 12, 2007
10:42 AM–10:54 AM

BO5.00007 : Optical Diagnostic Development of a Bismuth Hall Thruster
David Scharfe, Mark Cappelli

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Monday, November 12, 2007
10:54 AM–11:06 AM

BO5.00008 : Plasma Flow Characterization of a mini-Helicon Thruster
Nareg Sinenian, Oleg Batishchev, Manuel Martinez-Sanchez

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Monday, November 12, 2007
11:06 AM–11:18 AM

BO5.00009 : Studies of a Pure Electron Plasma to Investigate Electron Mobility in Hall Thrusters
Emily Fossum, Lyon King

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Monday, November 12, 2007
11:18 AM–11:30 AM

BO5.00010 : Fluctuations, Electron Transport, and Flow Shear in 2D Axial, Azimuthal (z-$\theta )$ Hybrid Hall Thruster Simulations.
Eduardo Fernandez, Nicolas Gascon, Michelle Scharfe, Mark Cappelli

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Monday, November 12, 2007
11:30 AM–11:42 AM

BO5.00011 : Introduction of Shear-Based Transport Mechanisms in Radial-Axial Hybrid Hall Thruster Simulations
Michelle Scharfe, Nicolas Gascon, David Scharfe, Mark Cappelli, Eduardo Fernandez

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Monday, November 12, 2007
11:42 AM–11:54 AM

BO5.00012 : Effects of gyrocenter shift on the retrograde motion of cathode spots and plasma transports
K.C. Lee

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Monday, November 12, 2007
11:54 AM–12:06 PM

BO5.00013 : Adaptive Kinetic Model for the Ultrafast Laser Ablation Propulsion
Oleg Batishchev, Alla Batishcheva, Jean-Luc Cambier

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Monday, November 12, 2007
12:06 PM–12:18 PM

BO5.00014 : Micro-propulsion in space via dust - plasma thruster
Khare Avinash

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