Bulletin of the American Physical Society

73rd Annual Gaseous Electronics Virtual Conference

Volume 65, Number 10

Monday–Friday, October 5–9, 2020; Time Zone: Central Daylight Time, USA.

Session Index

Session MW1: Collisions Involving Positron and Positronium

Chair: Sylwia Ptasinska, U. Notre Dame

Wednesday, October 7, 2020 8:00AM - 8:30AM Live		MW1.00001: Positron interactions with biosystems Invited Speaker: James Sullivan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 8:30AM - 8:45AM Live		MW1.00002: Application of the convergent close-coupling method to positron annihilation Ravshanbek Utamuratov, Dmitry Fursa, Alisher Kadyrov, Igor Bray Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 8:45AM - 9:15AM Live		MW1.00003: Positronium Collisions with Atoms and Molecules Invited Speaker: Ilya Fabrikant Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 9:15AM - 9:30AM Live		MW1.00004: Enhanced resonant positron annihilation due to dipole active non-fundamental vibrational modes Soumen Ghosh, James Danielson, Cliff Surko Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 9:30AM - 9:45AM On Demand		MW1.00005: Calculation of the single differential cross section for electron-impact ionization of atoms and molecules Nicolas Mori, Ravshanbek Utamuratov, Dmitry Fursa, Mark Zammit, Igor Bray Preview Abstract

Session MW2: Diagnostics II: Electrical Probe Diagnostics

Chair: Mark Koepke, West Virginia University

Wednesday, October 7, 2020 8:00AM - 8:15AM Live		MW2.00001: Langmuir probes don't measure plasma potentials correctly in presheaths near boundaries Gregory Severn, Eugene Wackerbarth, Peixuan Li, Noah Hershkowitz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 8:15AM - 8:30AM Live		MW2.00002: Emissive probe sheath effects: Experimental investigation of virtual cathode and charge exchange effect on emissive probes and hot cathode electron sources Chi-Shung Yip, Noah Hershkowitz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 8:30AM - 8:45AM Live		MW2.00003: Student Excellence Award Finalist: Synchronizing Probe Measurements to Plasma Waves: Plasma Parameters of HiPIMS 'spokes' Julian Held, Philipp Maass, Volker Schulz-von der Gathen, Achim von Keudell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 8:45AM - 9:00AM Live		MW2.00004: Automated I-V trace fitting: Automated electron temperature fitting of Langmuir probe I-V traces in multi-Maxwellian eedf plasmas Chenyao Jin, Chi-Shung Yip, Noah Hershkowitz, Greg Severn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 9:00AM - 9:15AM Live		MW2.00005: Langmuir Probe Characterization of Non-Thermal Plasmas Seeded with Metallic Nanoparticles Kamran Shojaei, Lorenzo Mangolini Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 9:15AM - 9:30AM Live		MW2.00006: Plasma diagnostics of a plasma for silicon nanocrystal synthesis Zichang Xiong, Toshisato Ono, Chris Hogan, Jordyn Polito, Steven Lanham, Mark Kushner, Uwe Kortshagen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 9:30AM - 9:45AM Live		MW2.00007: Measurement of rf discharge power Valery Godyak Preview Abstract

Session MW3: Modeling and Simulation: Computational Methods I

Chair: Satoshi Hamaguchi, Osaka University

Wednesday, October 7, 2020 8:00AM - 8:30AM Live		MW3.00001: Machine learning for solving the Boltzmann equation of charged particle swarms Invited Speaker: Satoru kawaguchi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 8:30AM - 8:45AM Live		MW3.00002: A machine learning approach to the solution of Poisson's equations for plasma simulations Jan Trieschmann, Tobias Gergs, Yue Liu, Thomas Mussenbrock Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 8:45AM - 9:00AM Live		MW3.00003: Deep learning for thermal plasma modelling Linlin Zhong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 9:00AM - 9:15AM Live		MW3.00004: Fast and accurate simulations of electrons in CO2 using Monte Carlo Flux Luca Vialetto, Pedro Viegas, Savino Longo, Paola Diomede Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 9:15AM - 9:45AM Live		MW3.00005: Low Temperature Kinetic Plasma Simulations for New and Future Supercomputer Architectures Invited Speaker: Andrew Powis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 9:45AM - 10:00AM		MW3.00006: Multi-scale two-domain numerical modeling of stationary positive DC corona discharge/drift-region coupling Nicolas Monrolin, Franck Plouraboué Preview Abstract

Session MW4: Electric Propulsion II

Chair: Yevgeny Raitses, PPPL

Wednesday, October 7, 2020 8:00AM - 8:30AM Live		MW4.00001: Plasma expansion in a magnetic nozzle thruster Invited Speaker: Kazunori Takahashi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 8:30AM - 8:45AM Live		MW4.00002: Efficiency increases in a Low-Power Electron Cyclotron Resonance Thruster using Custom Input Waveforms Benjamin Wachs, Benjamin Jorns Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 8:45AM - 9:00AM Live		MW4.00003: Optimizing an EHD cylindrical plasma thruster. Eduardo Calvo, Mario Pinheiro, Paulo Sa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 9:00AM - 9:15AM Live		MW4.00004: Self-consistent Equivalent Circuit Model of a Field-reversed Configuration Thruster Joshua Woods, Christopher Sercel, Benjamin Jorns Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 9:15AM - 9:30AM On Demand		MW4.00005: Investigation of the electromagnetic force and momentum gain in a magnetic nozzle plasma thruster Kazuma Emoto, Kazunori Takahashi, Yoshinori Takao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 9:30AM - 9:45AM		MW4.00006: Experimental Results for Rotating Magnetic Field -- Driven Thruster with Constant Amplitude Field Christopher Sercel, Joshua Woods, Tate Gill, Benjamin Jorns Preview Abstract

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