Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Plasma- Science and Technology

Person's Image Yevgeny Raitses
Phone: (609) 243-2268
Fax (609) 243- 0000
E-mail: yraitses@pppl.gov
Office: C-Site L239
Personal Web Page: http://htx.pppl.gov

 
 

Research Interests:

  • Plasma physics and diagnostics with focus on plasma-wall interactions, plasma jets and electrostatic probes
  • Plasma sources science with applications to propulsion, semiconductor material processing, ion and neutral beams
  • Carbon nanotube growth in plasma.

Most Recent Papers (for PPPL Hall Thruster Experiment publications visit http://htx.pppl.gov):

  • Y. Raitses, D. Staack, M. Keidar and N. J. Fisch, "Electron-wall interaction in Hall thrusters," Physics of Plasmas 12, 057104 (2005).
  • Y. Raitses, D. Staack, A. Smirnov and N. J. Fisch, "Space charge saturated sheath regime and electron temperature saturation in Hall thrusters," Physics of Plasmas 12, 073507 (2005).
  • D. Sydorenko, A. Smolyakov, I. Kaganovich and Y. Raitses, "Kinetic Simulations of secondary electron emission effects in Hall thrusters," Physics of Plasmas 13, 014501 (2006).
  • Y. Raitses, A. Smirnov, D. Staack, and N. J. Fisch, "Measurements of secondary electron emission effects in the Hall thruster discharge," Physics of Plasmas 13, 014502 (2006).
  • Y. Raitses, D. Staack, A. Dunaevsky and N. J. Fisch, "Operation of a segmented electrode Hall thruster with low-sputtering carbon-velvet electrodes," Journal of Applied Physics 99, 036103 (2006).
  • M. Keidar, Y. Raitses, A. Knapp and A.M. Waas, "Current-driven ignition of single-wall carbon nanotubes," Carbon (letters), 44, 1022 (2006).
  • A. Smirnov, Y. Raitses and N. J. Fisch, "Electron cross-field transport in a miniaturized cylindrical Hall thruster", IEEE Transactions on. Plasma Science 34 (2006).

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