Conference proceeding
IMPF - An international facility for advanced mu g-plasma experiments on ISS
FIRST INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MICROGRAVITY RESEARCH & APPLICATIONS IN PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, VOLS I AND II, PROCEEDINGS, Vol.454, pp.1013-1019
ESA SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS
01/01/2001
Abstract
Microgravity enables a wide class of new experiments to be performed in the rapidly growing Field of complex plasmas. Also known as a dusty plasma, a complex plasma is an ionized gas containing small particles of solid matter. Several parabolic flight and sounding rocket experiments have been performed with complex plasmas, and these will be followed by the first physical science experiment on the International Space Station ISS - the Plasma Kristall-Experiment (PIKE) scheduled for launch in December 2000. PKE experiments will be performed by the first and third ISS crews. To follow PKE, a long-term users facility, the International Microgravity Plasma Facility (IMPF) is being designed. The facility will serve both basic and applied science purposes. An international advisory board continuously reviews the design of the plasma facility to promote a high scientific output and versatility. A phase A study indicated that a launch of IMPF in the 2004/2005 time frame is feasible. In this paper, complex plasmas, the status of IMPF, and the design of the first experiment facility inserts are described.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- IMPF - An international facility for advanced mu g-plasma experiments on ISS
- Creators
- T StufflerD TurriniJ BurfeindtR KlettG E MorfillH M ThomasU KonopkaH RothermelM ZuzicJ Goree
- Contributors
- B Schurmann (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Publication Details
- FIRST INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MICROGRAVITY RESEARCH & APPLICATIONS IN PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, VOLS I AND II, PROCEEDINGS, Vol.454, pp.1013-1019
- Publisher
- European Space Agency
- Series
- ESA SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS
- ISSN
- 0379-6566
- Number of pages
- 7
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2001
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy; Mechanical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984442210502771
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