@inproceedings{4ee632c666464c80a0a88f3ab973883c,
title = "PRINCE: A software tool for characterizing waves and instabilities in plasma thrusters",
abstract = "An interactive software tool is developed to characterize the waves and instabilities present in plasma thrusters by solving for the complex zeros of plasma dispersion rela- tions. This tool helps researchers explore plasma waves and instabilities in their particular plasma thruster configuration. A user-friendly graphical interface allows versatile data in- put and parametric control. The zeros of the dispersion relation are located and tracked by root-finding algorithms based on Cauchy{\textquoteright}s Argument Principle and Newton-Raphson{\textquoteright}s method. Information about the instabilities found is presented through various data visu- alization options. The software tool is validated by reproducing previous work concerning instabilities arising in Hall thrusters from solutions to a simplified Esipchuk-Tilinin disper- sion relation.",
author = "Mata, {Sebasti{\'a}n Rojas} and Choueiri, {Edgar Y.} and Benjamin Jorns and Rostislav Spektor",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA. All rights reserved.; 52nd AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, 2016 ; Conference date: 25-07-2016 Through 27-07-2016",
year = "2016",
doi = "10.2514/6.2016-4533",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781624104060",
series = "52nd AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, 2016",
publisher = "American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA",
booktitle = "52nd AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, 2016",
}