Benjamin Longmier

SpaceX (United States) — United States

Engineering · Physical Sciences

17h-index1.0kcitations80works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Plasma Diagnostics and Applications(61), Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics(26), Magnetic confinement fusion research(20), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics(19), Particle accelerators and beam dynamics(16)

Publications80 total

Mapping of the Appleton Anomaly Using Arc Detectors on Starlink Group 6-1 Satellites
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science·2025
Obtaining Faster Transit to Europa
AIAA SPACE 2015 Conference and Exposition·2015
Integrated vehicle and trajectory design of small spacecraft with electric propulsion for Earth and interplanetary missions
Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University)·2015· 3 citedOpen Access
Initial operation of the CubeSat Ambipolar Thruster
2015· 17 cited
Optimization of CubeSat System-Level Design and Propulsion Systems for Earth-Escape Missions
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets·2015· 18 citedOpen Access
Azimuthal Spoke Propagation in Hall Effect Thrusters
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science·2014· 59 cited
The Plasma Ambipolar Thruster for Responsive In-Orbit Transfers (PATRIOT) Mission
Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University)·2014· 1 cited
Small Spacecraft System-level Design and Optimization for Interplanetary Trajectories
AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference·2014· 9 citedOpen Access
Using VASIMR® for the Proposed Europa Mission
AIAA SPACE 2014 Conference and Exposition·2014· 4 citedOpen Access
New Low-Power Plasma Thruster for Nanosatellites
50th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference·2014· 27 citedOpen Access
Quasi-one-dimensional code for particle-in-cell simulation of magnetic nozzle expansion
50th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference·2014· 2 citedOpen Access
Temperature gradients due to adiabatic plasma expansion in a magnetic nozzle
Plasma Sources Science and Technology·2014· 44 cited
Investigation of Plasma Detachment From a Magnetic Nozzle in the Plume of the VX-200 Magnetoplasma Thruster
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science·2014· 62 cited
Adiabatic plasma expansion in a magnetic nozzle
2014
Initial experiments of a new permanent magnet helicon thruster
2014
Plasma measurements of the plume of a new miniature helicon thruster
2014· 1 cited
Quasi-one-dimensional simulations of magnetic nozzles for plasma thruster applications
2014
Mode transition characteristics and oscillation frequencies in Hall Effect Thrusters
2014
ISS Space Plasma Laboratory: An ISS instrument package for investigating the opening/closing of solar and heliospheric magnetic fields
52nd Aerospace Sciences Meeting·2014Open Access
Improved Efficiency and Throttling Range of the VX-200 Magnetoplasma Thruster
Journal of Propulsion and Power·2014· 43 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Edgar A. Bering(29), Jared Squire(29), Chris Olsen(16), Tim Glover(15), Leonard Cassady(14), Andrew Ilin(13), Greg McCaskill(12), Maxwell G. Ballenger(11), Franklin Chang-Díaz(11), Mark D. Carter(9), Franklin R. Chang Díaz(9), N. Hershkowitz(8), T. W. Glover(8), Franklin Chang Díaz(8), Mark Carter(7), Michael Brukardt(6), Christopher Olsen(5), J. P. Sheehan(5), Scott Baalrud(4), Matthew Giambusso(4)