Líneas de Investigación

Research Lines

Propulsion por Plasma

Plasma Propulsion

Desarrollo de alphie (Alternative Low-Power Hybrid Ion Engine), cátodos para satélites de baja potencia y expansión de la pluma de plasma. Developing of alphie (Alternative Low-Power Hybrid Ion Engine), low-power cathodes for small satellites and plasma plume expansion.
  • L. Conde, P. E. Maldonado, J. Damba, J. Gonzalez, J. L. Domenech-Garret, J. M. Donoso, and M. A. Castillo, Physics of the High Specific Impulse Alternative Low Power Hybrid Ion Engine (Alphie): Direct Thrust Measurements and Plasma Plume Kinetics, J. Appl. Phys. 131, (2022). 10.1063/5.0067214

Simulación de plasma

Plasma Simulation

Modelos cinéticos, hibridos y fluidos para la caracterización del plasma generado en el laboratorio. Desarrollo del código particle-in-cell fpakc. Kinetic, hybrid and fluid models to characterize the plasma generated in the lab.
  • J. Gonzalez, L. Conde, and J. M. Donoso, Self-Consistent Charge Transport Model with Ionization for the Alphie Plasma Thruster, Phys. Plasmas 31, 43514, (2024). 10.1063/5.0180112

Diagnóstico de Plasmas

Plasma Diagnostics

Sondas de Langmuir, medidas de empuje... Langmuir probes, thrust measurements...
  • L. Conde, J. Gonzalez, J. M. Donoso, J. L. Domenech-Garret, and M. A. Castillo, Thrust Measurements and Mesothermal Plasma Plume of the Alternative Low Power Hybrid Ion Engine (Alphie), Journal of Electric Propulsion 1, (2022). 10.1007/s44205-022-00027-6
  • J. Gonzalez, S. P. Tierno, and J. M. Donoso, Comparison between Experimental Langmuir Probes and Three Species One-Dimensional Kinetic Simulations, Phys. Plasmas 23, 103514 (2016). 10.1063/1.4965425

Procesos básicos en el plasma

Basic processes in plasma

Estudio de procesos colisionales y fundamentales dentro del plasma Study of collisional and fundamental processes in plasmas.
  • J. Gonzalez and J. Sheil, Langdon Effect in the Realm of Extreme Ultraviolet Source Plasmas, Phys. Rev. E 111, l023201, (2025). 10.1103/physreve.111.l023201

Proyectos

Projects