sample of publications

• articles 

  • Using electron fluid models to analyze plasma thruster discharges.  Journal of Electric Propulsion.  2:1-31. 2023
  • Stationary axial model of the Hall thruster plasma discharge: electron azimuthal inertia and far plume effects.  Plasma Sources Science and Technology.  32. 2023
  • Analysis of a cusped helicon plasma thruster discharge.  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  32:1-19. 2023
  • Numerical treatment of a magnetized electron fluid model in a 3D simulator of plasma thruster plumes.  Frontiers in Physics.  11, 1286345:1-13. 2023
  • Time-dependent axial fluid model of the Hall thruster discharge and its plume.  JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS.  56:1-14. 2023
  • Kinetic electron cooling in magnetic nozzles: experiments and modeling.  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  32:1-27. 2023
  • Simulations of driven breathing modes of a magnetically shielded Hall thruster.  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  32:1-19. 2023
  • Plasma acceleration in a magnetic arch.  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  32:1-12. 2023
  • Comparison of a hybrid model and experimental measurements for a dielectric-coated coaxial ECR thruster.  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  32:1-13. 2023
  • Kinetic plasma dynamics in a radial model of a Hall thuster with a curved magnetic field.  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  31:1-14. 2022
  • The 2022 Plasma Roadmap: low temperature plasma science and technology.  JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS.  2022:1-55. 2022
  • Plasma-wave interaction in helicon plasmas near the lower hybrid frequency.  Chinese Physics B.  2022:1-7. 2022
  • Magnetized fluid electron model within a two-dimensional hybrid simulation code for electrodeless plasma thrusters.  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  31:045021-045047. 2022
  • Wave propagation and absorption in a Helicon plasma thruster and its plume.  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  31:1-14. 2022
  • Wave propagation and absorption in a helicon plasma thruster and its plume.  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  31. 2022
  • Hybrid plasma simulations of a magnetically shielded Hall thruste.  JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS.  131:103302. 2022
  • Fluid-kinetic model of a propulsive magnetic nozzle.  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  30:1-17. 2021
  • Macroscopic plasma analysis from 1D-radial kinetic results of a Hall thruster discharge.  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  30:115011. 2021
  • Formation and neutralization of electric charge and current of an ion thruster plume.  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  30:105023. 2021
  • Three-dimensional neutralizer effects on a Hall-effect thruster near plume.  ACTA ASTRONAUTICA.  187:498-510. 2021
  • On heavy particle-wall interaction in axisymmetric plasma discharges.  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  30:085004. 2021
  • Local analysis of electrostatic modes in a two-fluid E × B plasma.  PHYSICS OF PLASMAS.  28:1-12. 2021
  • Time-dependent expansion of a weakly-collisional plasma beam in a paraxial magnetic nozzle.  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  30:1-15. 2021
  • Coupled plasma transport and electromagnetic wave simulation of an ECR thruster.  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  30:1-17. 2021
  • Axial&-azimuthal, high-frequency modes from global linear-stability model of a Hall thruster.  Plasma Sources Science and Technology.  30:1-22. 2021
  • Corrigendum: Macroscopic and parametric study of a kinetic plasma expansion in a paraxial magnetic nozzle (2020 Plasma Sources Sci. Technol.29 045017).  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  30:1-1. 2021
  • Perspectives on Physics of E×B Discharges Relevant to Plasma Propulsion and Similar Technologies.  PHYSICS OF PLASMAS.  27:120601-1-120601-45. 2020
  • Three-dimensional geomagnetic field effects on a plasma thruster plume expansion.  ACTA ASTRONAUTICA.  175:190-203. 2020
  • Macroscopic and parametric study of a kinetic plasma expansion in a paraxial magnetic nozzle.  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  29:1-17. 2020
  • Erratum: Numerical treatment of a magnetized electron fluid model within an electromagnetic plasma thruster simulation code (2019 Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 28 115004).  Plasma Sources Science and Technology.  29:1-1. 2020
  • Parametric study of the radial plasma-wall interaction in a Hall thruster.  JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS.  52:1-13. 2019
  • Numerical treatment of a magnetized electron fluid model within an electromagnetic plasma thruster simulation code.  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  28:1-16. 2019
  • Plasma beam characterization along the magnetic nozzle of an ECR thruster.  Plasma Sources Science and Technology.  28:1-15. 2019
  • Characterization of diamagnetism inside an ECR thruster with a diamagnetic loop.  PHYSICS OF PLASMAS.  26:1-11. 2019
  • On the electron boundary conditions in PIC plasma thruster plume simulations.  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  28:1-12. 2019
  • Two-dimensional plasma-wave interaction in an helicon plasma thruster with magnetic nozzle.  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  27. 2018
  • Axisymmetric plasma plume characterization with 2D and 3D particle codes.  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  27:1-13. 2018
  • Particle modeling of radial electron dynamics in a controlled discharge of a Hall thruster.  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  27. 2018
  • Three dimensional fluid-kinetic model of a magnetically guided plasma jet.  PHYSICS OF PLASMAS.  25. 2018
  • Spacecraft-plasma-debris interaction in an ion beam shepherd mission.  ACTA ASTRONAUTICA.  146:216-227. 2018
  • Kinetic electron model for plasma thruster plumes.  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  27:035013-1-035013-18. 2018
  • Experimental characterization of a 1 kW Helicon Plasma Thruster.  Vacuum.  149:69-73. 2018
  • Kinetic features and non-stationary electron trapping in paraxial magnetic nozzles.  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  27:1-13. 2018
  • Hybrid 3D model for the interaction of plasma thruster plumes with nearby objects.  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  26:1-19. 2017
  • Contactless steering of a plasma jet with a 3D magnetic nozzle.  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  26:1-10. 2017
  • Electric propulsion subsystem optimization for "Ion Beam Shepherd" missions.  JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER.  33:370-378. 2017
  • Analysis of the numerical diffusion in anisotropic mediums: benchmarks for magnetic field aligned meshes in space propulsion simulations.  Applied Sciences-Basel.  6. 2016
  • Effect of the plasma-induced magnetic field on a magnetic nozzle.  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  25:1-9. 2016
  • Fully magnetized plasma flow in a magnetic nozzle.  PHYSICS OF PLASMAS.  23. 2016
  • Low frequency azimuthal stability of the ionization region of the Hall thruster discharge. II. Global analysis.  PHYSICS OF PLASMAS.  22:1-10. 2015
  • Electron cooling and finite potential drop in a magnetized plasma expansion.  PHYSICS OF PLASMAS.  22:1-11. 2015
  • A collisionless plasma thruster plume expansion model.  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  24. 2015
  • Influence of electron and ion thermodynamics on the magnetic nozzle plasma expansion.  IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE.  43:244-251. 2015
  • Plasma detachment in a propulsive magnetic nozzle via ion demagnetization.  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  23:1-5. 2014
  • Low frequency azimuthal stability of the ionization region of the Hall thruster discharge. I. Local analysis.  PHYSICS OF PLASMAS.  21:1-13. 2014

• book chapters 

  • Magnetic nozzles for space plasma thrusters. In: Encyclopedia of plasma technology.  CRC Press & IEEE. 1329-1351. 2016

• conference contributions 

  • Experiments and Simulations of a Magnetic Arch Plasma Expansion for Space Propulsion 2023
  • A 3D electron fluid model with energy balance for plasma plumes.  1-11. 2022
  • Analysis of the electron downstream boundary conditions in a 2D hybrid code for Hall thrusters.  1-21. 2022
  • Characterization of a low-power Cylindrical Hall Thruster.  1-17. 2022
  • Design and preliminary study of a 200W cylindrical hall thruster.  1-11. 2022
  • Effect of the magnetic field angle on Hall thruster plasma-wall interaction 2022
  • Hybrid 2D plasma simulations of a 20kW-class magnetically shielded Hall effect thruster.  1-18. 2022
  • Non stationary fluid modelling of plasma discharge in hall thrusters.  1-12. 2022
  • Numerical Simulations of the Discharge and the Plasma wave Interaction in a Helicon Plasma Thruster.  1-17. 2022
  • Oblique magnetic field effect on radial plasma dynamics 2022
  • Preliminary model of the plasma expansion in a magnetic arch thruster (and overview of the first prototype).  1-15. 2022
  • Session 5: Plasma-wall interaction. Kinetic modeling of electron-wall interaction 2022
  • Simulation of the expansion within a vacuum chamber of the plume of a Hall thruster with a centrally mounted cathode.  1-14. 2022
  • Two-dimensional kinetic simulation of electrostatic instabilitiesin a Hall plasma.  1-21. 2022
  • Wave propagation and absorption in a Helicon plasma thruster source, plume and surroundings 2022
  • A numerical parametric investigation on the optimal design and operation of coaxial ECR thrusters 2021
  • Advances on low-dimensionality fluid modeling of hall thruster discharges 2021
  • Assessment of numerical diffusion effects in magnetized plasma plume simulations 2021
  • Characterization of a 5kw-Class Hall Thruster via 2d Hybrid Simulations 2021
  • Comparison between Magnetized Plasma Plume Solutions Obtained with Staggered and Collocated 3D Cartesian Grid Schemes.  1-1. 2021
  • Performance analysis of alternative propellants for a helicon plasma thruster 2021
  • Preliminary investigation of the electromagnetic fields in the far plumeof a Helicon Plasma Thruster.  1-9. 2021
  • Radial particle-in-cell simulations of a hall thruster discharge with different anomalous transport models 2021
  • An experimental revisit of plasma phenomena on Helicon Plasma Thrusters.  1-8. 2019
  • Analysis of the plasma discharge in a Hall thruster via a hybrid 2D code.  1-24. 2019
  • Axial-azimuthal high-frequency instability modes in a Hall thruster fluid model.  1-24. 2019
  • Development and Characterization of the Helicon Plasma Thruster Prototype HPT-03.  1-12. 2019
  • Effect of the initial VDFs in magnetic nozzle expansions 2019
  • Experimental activities at the Electric propulsion and Plasmas Team (EP2- UC3M): an example of an intense testing campaign on the Helicon Plasma Thruster (HPT05M).  1-12. 2019
  • Fluid Model of a Hollow Cathode Discharge.  1-24. 2019
  • Fluid-kinetic propulsive magnetic nozzle model in the fully magnetized limit 2019
  • Helicon and ECR plasma sources for space propulsion: Simulation and testing.  788-793. 2019
  • Macroscopic Hollow Cathode Modelling: A Variable-Separation Approach.  42-42. 2019
  • Magnetic Nozzle Electron Cyclotron Resonance Thruster.  1-15. 2019
  • Mechanically amplified milli-Newton thrust balance for helicon plasma thrusters.  1-17. 2019
  • Modeling and simulation tools for ion thrusters.  1-30. 2019
  • Numerical Simulations of the Plasma Discharge in an Helicon Plasma Thruster.  1-16. 2019
  • PIC/fluid/wave Simulation of the Plasma Discharge in an ECR Plasma Thruster.  1-21. 2019
  • RF Power: Plasma Coupling Experimental Results in a Helicon Plasma Thruster Prototype.  1-8. 2019
  • Simulation of Hall thruster 3D plumes with EP2PLUS.  1-29. 2019
  • Simulation of Hall thruster performances with HYPHEN.  1-16. 2019
  • Simulation of radial electron dynamics in a Hall effect thruster.  1-11. 2019
  • Studying the formation and neutralization of an ion thruster plume with EP2PLUS.  1-16. 2019
  • Synergies between space plasma propulsion and magnetic confinement plasma fusion: PROMETEO project.  497-497. 2019
  • Collisional effects in non-stationary plasma expansions along convergent-divergent magnetic nozzles 2018
  • Electron modeling in hybrid plasma thruster plume simulations 2018
  • HYPHEN: A multi-thruster simulation platform.  1-15. 2018
  • Ion acceleration in the magnetic nozzle of an ECR thruster: comparison of experimental measurements with a quasi 1D kinetic model 2018
  • Magnetic nozzles.  1-17. 2018
  • Micro-Propulsion Plasma Plume Measurement and Simulation 2018
  • Non-Maxwellian electron VDF features in a Hall thruster chamber 2018
  • 2D and 3D hybrid PIC-fluid modeling of electricthruster plumes 2017
  • Development updates for a two-dimensionalaxisymmetric hybrid code for Plasma Thrusterdischarges 2017
  • Direct-Vlasov Study of Electron Cooling Mechanisms in Paraxial, Unmagnetized Plasma Thruster Plumes 2017
  • EP2Plus: a hybrid plasma plume/spacecraft interaction code 2017
  • Experimental performances of a 1 kW HPT by means of plasma diagnosis 2017
  • Full-PIC Code Validation and Comparison against Fluid Models on Plasma Plume Expansion 2017
  • HEMPT thruster discharge and plume simulation with a 2D3v-PIC-MCC and a 3D hybrid fluid-PIC code.  1-10. 2017
  • Measurement of anisotropic plasma properties along the magnetic nozzle expansion of an electron cyclotron resonance thruster.  1-10. 2017
  • Model and Experimental validation of spacecraft-thruster interactions for electric propulsion thrusters plumes 2017
  • One-dimensional Direct Vlasov Simulations of Non-stationary Plasma Expansion in Magnetic Nozzle 2017
  • Optical Emission Spectroscopy diagnostics of heliconplasma thruster operating with Argon.  1-10. 2017
  • Propagation and Absorption in ECR Plasma Thrusters 2017
  • The "MINOTOR" H2020 project for ECR thruster development.  1-13. 2017
  • The Conquest of Space: un curso MOOC y SPOC en ingeniería aeroespacial.  91-97. 2017
  • Wave propagation and absorption in ECR plasma thrusters 2017
  • A 3D Hybrid Code to Study Electric Thruster Plumes 2016
  • Collisionless electron cooling in unmagnetized plasma thruster plumes.  2477-2486. 2016
  • Development and Validation of a 2D Wave-Plasma Code for Helicon Plasma Thrusters 2016
  • Development of physical models of electron cooling in collisionless plasma thruster plumes 2016
  • Electron thermodynamics in the magnetized expansion of a rarefied plume 2016
  • Hybrid Particle Codes for Electric Propulsion 2016
  • Hyperspectral tomography for aerospace plasma flow investigations 2016
  • Ion Beam Shepherd Mission LEOSWEEP: mission design to ion beam thruster testing 2016
  • Kinetic modelling of collisionless electron cooling on magnetized plasma expansions 2016
  • Maiden tests of the HPT05 helicon plasma thruster Prototype 2016
  • NOMADS: development of a versatile plasma discharge simulation plarform for electrinc propulsion 2016
  • Physics of magnetic nozzles for plasma thrusters 2016
  • Analysis of Plasma Impedance in Helicon Antenna Thrusters 2015
  • Benchmarks for Magnetic Field Aligned Meshes in Electromagnetic Plasma Thruster Simulations 2015
  • Design and development of a 1kW-class helicon antenna thruster 2015
  • Electric Propulsion Subsystem Optimization for IBS Missions 2015
  • Evaluation of Erosion Reduction Mechanisms in Hall Effect Thrusters 2015
  • Fluid VS PIC Modeling of a Plasma Plume Expansion 2015
  • Global stability analysis of azimuthal oscillations in Hall thrusters.  149-157. 2015
  • Hybrid simulation of a
    Magnetic Nozzle plume: exploring magnetized/demagnetized regimes 2015
  • Impulse Transfer Thruster for an Ion Beam Shepherd Mission 2015
  • Influence of electron and ion thermodynamics on the magnetic nozzle plasma expansion.  244-251. 2015
  • Toward Thrust vector control with a 3D steerable magnetic nozzle 2015
  • Analysing the Azimuthal Spoke Oscillation of Hall Thrusters via Numerical Simulation.  1311-1331. 2014
  • Assessment of helicon plasma thruster technology for space missions 2014
  • Collisionless Electron Cooling in a Magnetic Nozzle 2014
  • Design of Helicon Plasma Thruster Subsystems.  3584-3596. 2014
  • Investigation of Plasma-wave Interaction in Helicon Antenna Thrusters 2014
  • Modeling and Simulation of EP Plasma Plume Expansion into Vacuum.  5008-5024. 2014
  • Plasma Thruster Beam Expansion and Impingement in Space Debris 2014
  • Helicon plasma thrusters: prototypes and advances on modeling 2013
  • Space missions potentially benefit or enabled by the prospective use of Helicon Plasma thrusters 2013