2007 SPPL Publications

Journal papers

"Simulating Plasma-Induced Hall Thruster Wall Erosion With a Two-Dimensional Hybrid Model," E. Sommier, M. K. Scharfe, N. Gascon, M. A. Cappelli, and E. Fernandez, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 35 (5), October 2007, pp. 1379-1387. View Paper

"On the production of energetic neutrals in the cathode sheath of direct-current discharges," T. Ito and M.A. Cappelli, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 101503, 2007. View Paper

"Experimental Characterization of a Micro Hall Thruster," T. Ito, N. Gascon, W. Scott Crawford, and M. A. Cappelli, Journal of Propulsion and Power, 23 (5), September-October 2007. View Paper

"Investigation of NO production and flame structure in plasma enhanced premixed combustion," W. Kim, H. Do, M. G. Mungal and M. A. Cappelli, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 31(2), p. 3319-3326, 2007. View Paper

"On the role of oxygen in dielectric barrier discharge actuation of aerodynamic flows," W. Kim, H. Do, M. G. Mungal and M. A. Cappelli, Applied Physics Letters, 91(18), p. 181501-3, 2007. View Paper

Conference papers

"Bluff Body Flow Separation Control using Surface Dielectric Barrier Discharges," H. Do, W. Kim, M. G. Mungal, and M. A. Cappelli, AIAA-2007-939, 45th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 8-11 Jan, Reno, NV, 2007. View Paper

"Shear-Based Model for Electron Transport in 2D Hybrid Hall Thruster Simulations," M. K. Scharfe, C. A. Thomas, D. B. Scharfe, N. Gascon, M. A. Cappelli, and E. Fernandez, AIAA-2007-5208, 43rd Joint Propulsion Conference, 8-11 July, Cincinnati, OH, 2007. View Paper

"Numerical Investigation of Electron Behavior in the Near-Field of Hall Thrusters," A. W. Smith and M. A. Cappelli, AIAA-2007-5240, 43rd Joint Propulsion Conference, 8-11 July, Cincinnati, OH, 2007. View Paper

"The Deflagration-Detonation Transition in Gas-Fed Pulsed Plasma Accelerators," F. Poehlmann, N. Gascon, and M. A. Cappelli, AIAA-2007-5263, 43rd Joint Propulsion Conference, 8-11 July, Cincinnati, OH, 2007. View Paper

"Numerical Simulation of High Frequency Wave Coupling within a Hall Thruster," A. Knoll, N. Gascon and M. A. Cappelli, AIAA-2007-5266, 43rd Joint Propulsion Conference, 8-11 July, Cincinnati, OH, 2007. View Paper

"Energetic neutral particle production in the cathode sheath of direct-current discharges," T. Ito, M. A. Cappelli, Proc. 18th Int. Symp. Plasma Chem. (ISPC-18), Kyoto, Japan, CD-ROM (2007). View Paper