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MSc Thesis: Plasma Plume Characterization in an ECRT with Magnetic Arch Configuration

MSc Thesis: Plasma Plume Characterization in an ECRT with Magnetic Arch Configuration

by odriva | 2025-11-07 | news

Sacha Huot, visiting Master student from Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, presented his MSc thesis carried out in the context of ZARATHUSTRA. His thesis contributed to the experimental characterization of the plasma plume generated by our electron cyclotron...
European Researchers Night 2025: four ZARATHUSTRA activities

European Researchers Night 2025: four ZARATHUSTRA activities

by odriva | 2025-10-01 | news

Our team had a very strong presence in this year’s European Researchers Night, representing 25% of the entire University’s activities! The four interactive activities were designed to share the principles of plasma physics and electric propulsion in an...
New paper “Drift-gradient instabilities in a plasma with 2D gradient effects: Application to a magnetic nozzle”

New paper “Drift-gradient instabilities in a plasma with 2D gradient effects: Application to a magnetic nozzle”

by odriva | 2025-09-22 | news

We are happy to announce yet another paper! “Drift-gradient instabilities in a plasma with 2D gradient effects: Application to a magnetic nozzle”, authored by Matteo Ripoli, Eduardo Ahedo, and Mario Merino was published on Physics of Plasmas. You can find...
The ZARATHUSTRA team will attend IEPC 2025 with 3 contributions

The ZARATHUSTRA team will attend IEPC 2025 with 3 contributions

by odriva | 2025-09-12 | news

We are participating in the upcoming 39th International Electric Propulsion Conference (IEPC), where we will participate with 3 presentations of our latest results. Come find us! Here is what and when we are presenting: Developments of Electromagnetic and...
ZARATHUSTRA at the Simposio Nacional de la Unión Científica Internacional de Radio 2025

ZARATHUSTRA at the Simposio Nacional de la Unión Científica Internacional de Radio 2025

by odriva | 2025-09-09 | news

Mario Merino attended this year’s edition of the Spanish National Symposium of the International Union of Radio Science, organized in Tarragona. He presented our latest results on the verification of finite element simulations of wave-plasma interactions.
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This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon H2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 950466)