Title :
PlasmaLab — Next generation plasma chambers for the International Space Station
Author :
Knapek, C.A. ; Konopka, Uwe
Author_Institution :
Max Planck Inst. for extraterrestrial Phys., Garching, Germany
Abstract :
The next generation of plasma chambers for the research on complex plasmas in microgravity conditions onboard of the International Space Station (ISS), developed in the scope of the PlasmaLab project, is presented, including the first scientific results from microgravity and ground experiments.
Keywords :
astrophysical plasma; dusty plasmas; zero gravity experiments; PlasmaLab project; complex plasmas; microgravity conditions; plasma chambers; Electrodes; Heating; International Space Station; Next generation networking; Physics; Plasmas; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science (ICOPS), 2012 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2127-4
Electronic_ISBN :
0730-9244
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.2012.6383748
