- Nationality: Italian
- Funding entity: PIPF UC3M
PhD Thesis
Emissive Langmuir Probe Theory with Application to Low Work Function Electrodynamic Tethers
Date of Defence: 21 November 2022
Supervisors
Gonzalo Sanchez-Arriaga (UC3M)
Abstract
Focus of the research is modelling the interaction between Langmuir/emissive probes and the plasma environment. The main goal is to extend the Orbital Motion Theory (OMT) to tape geometries, which are favourable for Low Work-function Tethers (LWTs) applications for deorbiting satellites at the end of life.
Project participation
E.T.PACK – Electrodynamic Tether Technology for Passive Consumable-less Deorbit Kit.
H2020 FET Open. Grant number: 828902
Research Stays
Institutions:Los Alamos National Laboratory
Department/Group: LANL–Applied Math.&Plasma Physics
Host: Gian Luca Delzanno
Period: from to December 2021 to March 2022
PhD in Aerospace Engineering UC3M 