PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES, BOOKS AND PATENTS

  • November 2022: Development and testing of a low-current applied-field magnetoplasmadynamic thruster with a rectangular discharge channel, Norman Gondol and Martin Tajmar, Journal of Electric Propulsion, doi: 10.1007/s44205-022-00025-8.
  • September 2022: A code for the analysis of missions with electrodynamic tethers, Gonzalo Sánchez-Arriaga, Gabriel Borderes-Motta, Luca Chiabó, Acta Astronautica, doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.06.021. PDF
  • June 2022: Validation of enabling technologies for deorbiting devices based on electrodynamic tethers, A.Valmorbida, L.Olivieri, A.Brunello, G.Sarego, G.Sánchez-Arriaga, E.C.Lorenzini, Acta Astronautica, doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.06.013. PDF
  • May 2022: A volume-averaged plasma model for heaterless C12A7 electride hollow cathodes, Norman Gondol and Martin Tajmar, CEAS Space Journal, doi: 10.1007/s12567-022-00449-w.
  • May 2022: Experimental investigation of electric propulsion systems using C12A7 electride hollow cathodes, Norman Gondol and Martin Tajmar, CEAS Space Journal, doi: 10.1007/s12567-022-00446-z.
  • March 2022: Key design and operation factors for high performance of C12A7:e- based cathodes, A. Post, J.F. Plaza, J. Toledo, D. Zschätzsch, M. Reitemeyer, L. Chen, A. Gurciullo, A. Siegel, P. J. Klar, P. Lascombes and B. Seifert, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering, doi:10.1088/1757-899X/1226/1/012092. PDF
  • February 2022: Deorbit kit demonstration mission, L.Tarabini Castellani, S.García González, A.Ortega, S.Madrid, E.C.Lorenzini, L.Olivieri, G.Sarego, A.Brunello, A.Valmorbida, M.Tajmar, C.Drobny, J-P.Wulfkuehler, R.Nerger, K.Wätzig, S.Shahsavani, G.Sánchez-Arriaga, Journal of Space Safety Engineering, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsse.2022.01.004. PDF
  • January 2022: Attitude determination and control for the deployment preparation phase of a space tether mission, Sergio Garcia-Gonzalez, Gonzalo Sanchez-Arriaga, Acta Astronautica, Volume 193, Pages 381-394, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.01.011. PDF
  • November 2021: Kinetic Analysis of the Plasma sheath Around an Electron-Emitting Object With Elliptic Cross-section, Luca Chiabó, Sadaf Shahsavani and Gonzalo Sánchez-Arriaga, Phys. Rev. E 104, 055204, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.104.055204. PDF
  • October 2021: Parametrization of current–voltage characteristics and operation domains of cylindrical emissive probes in collisionless Maxwellian plasmas at rest, Sadaf Shahsavani, Xin Chen, Gonzalo Sánchez-Arriaga, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion, 63, 115018, doi: 10.1088/1361-6587/ac2559. PDF
  • September 2021: An in-line damper for tethers-in-space oscillations dissipation, L. Olivieri, A. Brunello, G. Sarego, A. Valmorbida and E. C. Lorenzini, Acta Astronautica, Vol: 189, Page: 559-566, doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.09.012. PDF
  • June 2021: Deorbiting Performance of Electrodynamic Tethers to Mitigate Space Debris, Giulia Sarego, Lorenzo Olivieri, Andrea Valmorbida, Carlo Bettanini, Giacomo Colombatti, Marco Pertile, Enrico C. Lorenzini, International Journal of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Vol:15, No:4, URL: https://waset.org/Publication/10011977
  • June 2021: Electronic, mechanical, and thermal properties of [Ca24Al28O64]4+(4e−) electride ceramic, Katja Waetzig, Jochen Schilm, Journal of Ceramic Engineering and Science, doi: 10.1002/ces2.10098. PDF
  • May 2021: Design of a hollow cathode thruster: concepts, parameter study and initial test results, Norman Gondol, Martin Tajmar, CEAS Space Journal (2021), doi: 10.1007/s12567-021-00369-1. PDF
  • April 2021: Limitations of Stationary Vlasov-Poisson Solvers in Probe Theory, Luca Chiabó and Gonzalo Sánchez-Arriaga, Journal of Computational Physics, 438, 110366, doi: 10.1016/j.jcp.2021.110366. PDF
  • March 2021: A bare-photovoltaic tether for consumable-less and autonomous space propulsion and power generation, M. Tajmar and G. Sánchez-Arriaga, Acta Astronautica, 180, 350-360, doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.12.053. PDF
  • February 2021: Deployment requirements for deorbiting electrodynamic tether technology, Giulia Sarego, Lorenzo Olivieri, Andrea Valmorbida, Alice Brunello, Enrico C. Lorenzini, Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani, Eduardo Urgoiti, Asier Ortega, Gabriel Borderes‐Motta, Gonzalo Sánchez‐Arriaga, CEAS Space Journal, Springer, doi: 10.1007/s12567-021-00349-5, PDF
  • September 2021: Elektronen emittierende Keramik, K. Wätzig, Ch. Drobny, M. Tajmar, Deutsche Patentanmeldung DE 2020 032015533500.
  • November 2020: Test of tethered deorbiting of space debris, Olivieri L., A. Valmorbida, E. Lungavia, D. Vertuani, E. C. Lorenzini, accepted in Advances in Astronautics Science and Technology, Springer, doi:10.1007/s42423-020-00068-9, PDF
  • July 2020: Low work-function tether Deorbit Kit, L.Tarabini Castellani, A.Ortega, A.Giménez, E. Urgoiti, G. Sánchez-Arriaga, G. Borderes-Motta, E.C. Lorenzini, M. Tajmar, K. Wätzig, A. Post, J.F. Plaza, Journal of Space Safety Engineering, doi: 10.1016/j.jsse.2020.07.001, PDF
  • March 2020: The E.T.PACK project: Towards a fully passive and consumable-less deorbit kit based on low-work-function tether technology, G. Sánchez-Arriaga, S. Naghdi, K. Waetzig, J. Schilm, E.C. Lorenzini , M. Tajmar, E. Urgoiti, L. Tarabini Castellani, J.F. Plaza, A. Post, Acta Astronautica, doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.03.036, PDF
  • January 2020: Ionospheric Experiment with a Low Work Function Tether Loop, G. Sánchez-Arriaga and S. Naghdi, Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 43 (2), pp 212-221 (2020), doi: 10.2514/1.G004746, PDF
  • January 2020: Electrical model and optimal design scheme for low work-function tethers in thrust mode, G. Sánchez-Arriaga and J. R. Sanmartin, Aerospace Science and Technology 96, 105519 (2020). PDF
  • October 2019: Kombinierter Tether und Energiesammler, M. Tajmar, Deutsche Patentanmeldung DE 10 2019 129 319.7, 2019
  • October 18, 2019: Contacting Methods for C12A7 Electride Ceramic, K. Waetzig, A. Rost, J. Schilm, M. Tajmar, A. Michaelis, J. Ceram. Sci. Technol. 1-6 (2019). PDF
  • Book of Abstracts of the Sixth International Conference on Tethers in Space, Edited by G. Sánchez-Arriaga, S. Naghdi, and S. Shahsavani, Madrid, 12-14 June, 2019. PDF