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Our team hosts Luis Chacon

Our team hosts Luis Chacon

During the week of January 22-28, 2024, the ZARATHUSTRA team hosted Dr. Luis Chacón, Senior Scientist, at the Theoretical Division of Los Álamos National Laboratory (LANL). This visit deepens and extends the ongoing collaboration with...

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Davide Maddaloni’s research stay at ONERA

Davide Maddaloni’s research stay at ONERA

Davide Maddaloni performed a research internship at ONERA Palaiseau in October-December 2023, under the supervision of Victor Desangles and Federico Boni. He used an array of fast plasma probes to characterize the oscillations in the...

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Mario Merino in PLASMA 2023

Mario Merino in PLASMA 2023

Mario Merino, Principal Investigator or ZARATHUSTRA was an Invited Speaker in the International Conference on Research and Applications of Plasmas (PLASMA), held in September 18-22, 2023 in Warsaw, Poland. Mario shared the scope and...

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ZARATHUSTRA participates in ICPIG XXXV

ZARATHUSTRA participates in ICPIG XXXV

The International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases (ICPIG) took place in Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands, on July 9 - 14, 2023. Three members of the ZARATHUSTRA team were able to attend and present their research progress: Borja...

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ZARATHUSTRA participates in ICOPS 2023

ZARATHUSTRA participates in ICOPS 2023

The IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) took place in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on May 21-25. Pedro Jimenez gave two presentations on the results of the ZARATHUSTRA project, highlighting the progress made on experiments...

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ZARATHUSTRA participates in PlasmaTech 2023

ZARATHUSTRA participates in PlasmaTech 2023

On April 27th, two members of the ZARATHUSTRA team presented their research progress in the Plasma Processing and Technology International Conference (PlasmaTech) 2023, which was held in Lisbon, Portugal. The conference highlighted...

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PhD days – UC3M

PhD days – UC3M

Some of our team members, Diego García-Lahuerta, Célian Boyé, and Davide Maddaloni, have presented their work on the ZARATHUSTRA project at the PhD Doctoral Meetings - UC3M, which took place during 2022 – 15 & 16 June. It was a good...

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Kuriki Award for Young Professionals

Kuriki Award for Young Professionals

ZARATHUSTRA's PI, Mario Merino, has been awarded the prestigious Prof. Kuriki award to young professionals by the Electric Rocket Propulsion Society (ERPS) for his contributions to the development of Electrodeless Plasma Thrusters (EPTs)....

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ExB Plasmas Workshop 2022 – UC3M

ExB Plasmas Workshop 2022 – UC3M

The EP2 research team is organizing the next edition of the International ExB Plasmas Workshop. This Workshop will take place on February 16-18, 2022, and will be online and free for all those interested in attending. All the information,...

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New Publication: Kinetic electron cooling in magnetic nozzles

New Publication!

Check out our new publication: Mario Merino, Judit Nuez and Eduardo Ahedo (2021): “Fluid-kinetic model of a propulsive magnetic nozzle“. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. Abstract A...

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Here we are!

Here we are!

Welcome to the new webpage of the ERC-ZARATHUSTRA project.  While it is still under work, you can already find information about the project and the team using the menu at the top of the page. Enjoy!

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