Session GT1: Ionization of Atoms and Molecules

Chair: T.N. Rescigno, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Doubletree Hotel - Pine


Tuesday, October 18, 2005
8:00AM - 8:30AM

GT1.00001: Low-Energy Electron Impact Ionization of Helium
Invited Speaker: J.G. Childers

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Tuesday, October 18, 2005
8:30AM - 9:00AM

GT1.00002: Time-dependent studies of ionization of atoms and molecules
Invited Speaker: James Colgan

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Tuesday, October 18, 2005
9:00AM - 9:15AM

GT1.00003: An Elementary Method for Averaging over Molecular orientations in the Calculation of Electron-Impact Ionization of Molecules
Junfang Gao , Don H. Madison , Jerry L. Peacher

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Tuesday, October 18, 2005
9:15AM - 9:30AM

GT1.00004: First-Principles treatment of molecular double photoionization
Daniel A. Horner , T.N. Rescigno , C.W. McCurdy

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Session GT2: Plasma Propulsion and Combustion II

Chair: Toza Popovic, Old Dominion University
Doubletree Hotel - Cedar


Tuesday, October 18, 2005
8:00AM - 8:15AM

GT2.00001: Simulation of microdischarge gas heating in electrothermal class of small satellite propulsion devices
Prashanth Kothnur , Laxminarayan Raja

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Tuesday, October 18, 2005
8:15AM - 8:30AM

GT2.00002: Electron Kinetics in Helicon Discharge
Guangye Chen , Laxminarayan Raja , Alexey Arefiev , Boris Breizman

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Tuesday, October 18, 2005
8:30AM - 9:00AM

GT2.00003: Efficiency of Nanosecond High--Voltage Discharge in Ignition and Combustion Enhancement
Invited Speaker: Svetlana Starikovskaia

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Tuesday, October 18, 2005
9:00AM - 9:30AM

GT2.00004: Air plasmas sustained by repetitive high-voltage nanosecond pulses: fundamental kinetics and aerodynamic applications
Invited Speaker: Sergey Macheret

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