sample of publications

• articles 

  • Magnetic Nozzle and RPA Simulatons vs. Experiments for a Helicon Plasma Thruster Plume.  Frontiers in Physics.  10:1-15. 2022
  • Mechanically Amplified Milli-Newton Thrust Balance for Direct Thrust Measurements of Electric Thrusters for Space Propulsion.  IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT.  70:3505318-1 - 3505318-1. 2020
  • Commentary: On helicon thrusters: Will they ever fly?.  Frontiers in Physics.  8:1-3. 2020
  • Macroscopic and parametric study of a kinetic plasma expansion in a paraxial magnetic nozzle.  PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  29:1-17. 2020
  • Experimental characterization of a 1 kW Helicon Plasma Thruster.  VACUUM.  149:69-73. 2018
  • Electron cooling and finite potential drop in a magnetized plasma expansion.  PHYSICS OF PLASMAS.  22:1-11. 2015

• conference contributions 

  • HIPATIA: a project for the development of the Helicon Plasma Thruster and its associated technologies to intermediate-high TRLs 2020
  • An experimental revisit of plasma phenomena on Helicon Plasma Thrusters.  1-8. 2019
  • Development and Characterization of the Helicon Plasma Thruster Prototype HPT-03.  1-12. 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
  • 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
  • Mechanically amplified milli-Newton thrust balance for helicon plasma thrusters.  1-17. 2019
  • RF Power: Plasma Coupling Experimental Results in a Helicon Plasma Thruster Prototype.  1-8. 2019
  • Synergies between space plasma propulsion and magnetic confinement plasma fusion: PROMETEO project.  497-497. 2019
  • Trade-off Analysis of C12A7:e-Deposition Techniques Applied to Low Work Function Tethers.  87-87. 2019
  • Webcam based in-vacuum tomography of plasma thruster jets.  1-4. 2019
  • Work function tuning of graphene oxide by using cesium oxide nanoparticles applied to low work function tethers.  86-86. 2019
  • Magnetic nozzles.  1-17. 2018
  • Experimental performances of a 1 kW HPT by means of plasma diagnosis 2017
  • Optical Emission Spectroscopy diagnostics of heliconplasma thruster operating with Argon.  1-10. 2017
  • Electron thermodynamics in the magnetized expansion of a rarefied plume 2016
  • Kinetic modelling of collisionless electron cooling on magnetized plasma expansions 2016
  • Maiden tests of the HPT05 helicon plasma thruster Prototype 2016
  • Analysis of Plasma Impedance in Helicon Antenna Thrusters 2015
  • Design and development of a 1kW-class helicon antenna thruster 2015
  • Hybrid simulation of a
    Magnetic Nozzle plume: exploring magnetized/demagnetized regimes 2015
  • 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
  • Helicon plasma thrusters: prototypes and advances on modeling 2013
  • Space missions potentially benefit or enabled by the prospective use of Helicon Plasma thrusters 2013