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Francesco Taccogna
PhD in Innovative Materials Chemistry at the University of Bari in 2003; from 2003 to 2005 Marie-Curie researcher at the Max Planck Institute fur Plasmaphysik in Greifswald (Germany); since 2008 CNR researcher and since 2015 INFN associated.
Invited to discuss the results of his research at various international conferences, universities and national laboratories in Europe, USA, China and Japan. In 2009 awarded as best communication in Physics of Matter by the Italian Physics Society. He has coordinated several national projects and industrial collaborations applied to aerospace and materials sciences.
Tutor of PhD students and member of international doctoral juries, he is co-teacher of the “Plasma Physics Laboratory” course at the University of Bari. Senior Editor for IEEE-Transaction on Plasma Science, Journal of Electric Propulsion and Frontiers in Physics. Member of the International Scientific Committee of Europhysics Conference ESCAMPIG and of the International Conference MPCS. He has been involved in organizing conferences related to low temperature plasmas and is reviewer for several national research agencies.
- EXPERTISE Non equilibrium rarefied gases and plasmas; gas discharges; ion sources; modelling: plasma-surface interactions.
- ROLE Senior Researcher
- MAIL francesco.taccogna@istp.cnr.it
- PHONE +39 080 5929 514
- ISTP OFFICE Bari
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MY SELECTED
RESEARCH
PRODUCTS Space micropropulsion systems for Cubesats and small satellites: From proximate targets to furthermost frontiers
Year: 2018 Product Type: Journal Article
PIC modeling of negative ion sources for fusion
Year: 2017 Product Type: Journal Article
On the growth mechanism of nanoparticles in plasma during pulsed laser ablation in liquids
Year: 2017 Product Type: Journal Article
Kinetic Divertor Modeling
Year: 2012 Product Type: Journal Article
Anomalous Transport induced by Sheath Instability in Hall Effect Thrusters
Year: 2009 Product Type: Journal Article
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International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases - ICPIG XXXV, , Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands , 9-14 July 2023 Year: 2023
Role of electron-induced secondary electron emission from the walls in RF breakdown
Taccogna F.; Bruno D. -
International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases - ICPIG XXXV, , Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands , 9-14 July 2023 Year: 2023
Benchmark of particle-in-cell simulations of a Penning-type discharge: Preliminary results
Garrigues L.; Fubiani G.; Boeuf J.P.; Powis A.T.; Villafana W.; Kaganovich I.; Raitses Y.; Petronio F.; Alvarez-Laguna A.; Bourdon A.; Chabert P.; Bogopolsky G.; Cuenot B.; Vermorel O.; Sydorenko D.; Papahn Zadeh M.; Smolyakov A.; Cichocki F.; Minelli P.; Taccogna [ Et al. ] -
EPS 2023 - 49th European Conference on Plasma Physics, , Bordeaux, France , 3-7 July 2023 Year: 2023
Simulation of a collisional plasma interacting with electron emissive divertor monoblocks
Cichocki F.; Sciortino V.; Giordano F.; Minelli P.; Taccogna F. -
pp. 71 - 99 Year: 2023 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-21476
Particle-In-Cell Modeling of Negative Ion Sources for Fusion Applications
Taccogna F.; Fubiani G.; Minelli P. -
46th European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics (EPS 2019), , Milan, Italy , 8-12 July 2019 Year: 2019
Experiments on negative ion sources at the NIO1 installation
Cavenago M.; Barbisan M.; Delogu R.; Pimazzoni A.; Poggi C.; Antoni V.; Baltador C.; Cervaro V.; Jain P.; Laterza B.; Maero G.; Maniero M.; Martini D.; Martini D.; Minarello A.; Ravarotto D.; Recchia M.; Romé M.; Taccogna F.; Ugoletti M.; [ Et al. ] -
18th International Conference on Ion Sources (ICIS 2019), , Lanzhou, China , 2-6 September 2019 Year: 2019
Improvements of the NIO1 Installation for Negative Ion Sources
Cavenago M.; Delogu R.; Barbisan M.; Pimazzoni A.; Poggi C.; Agostini M.; Antoni V.; Baltador C.; Cervaro V.; De Muri M.; Giora D.; Jain P.; Laterza B.; Maero G.; Martini D.; Minarello A.; Ravarotto D.; Recchia M.; Rizzolo A.; Romé [ Et al. ] -
Review of scientific instruments online 91 (1), pp. 013316-1 - 013316-5 Year: 2020 DOI: 10.1063/1.5128658
Beam and installation improvements of the NIO1 ion source
Cavenago M.; Barbisan M.; Delogu R.; Pimazzoni A.; Poggi C.; Ugoletti M.; Agostini M.; Antoni V.; Baltador C.; Cervaro V.; De Muri M.; Giora D.; Jain P.; Laterza B.; Maero G.; Maniero M.; Martini D.; Minarello A.; Ravarotto D.; Recchia [ Et al. ] -
International Conference on Ion Sources (ICIS2021), , Virtual Conference America/Vancouver , 20-24 September 2021 Year: 2021
The H- Multiaperture Source NIO1: Conditioning and First Cesiations
Cavenago M.; Barbisan M.; Delogu R.S.; Pimazzoni A.; Poggi C.; Ugoletti M.; Variale V.; Antoni V.; Ravarotto D.; Serianni G.; Baltador C.; Franchin L.; Martini D.; Maniero M.; Minarello A.; Rizzieri R.; Romanato L.; Rossetto F.; Taccogna F. -
Journal of physics. Conference series (Online) 2244 pp. 012052-1 - 012052-5 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/2244/1/012052
The H- multiaperture source NIO1: gas conditioning and first cesiations
Barbisan M.; Cavenago M.; Delogu R.S.; Pimazzoni A.; Poggi C.; Ugoletti M.; Variale V.; Antoni V.; Ravarotto D.; Serianni G.; Baltador C.; Franchin L.; Minarello A.; Martini D.; Maniero M.; Rizzieri R.; Romanato L.; Rossetto F.; Taccogna F. -
Frontiers in Physics 10 pp. 1074459-1 - 1074459-3 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.3389/fphy.2022.1074459
Editorial: Numerical simulations of plasma thrusters and/or related technologies
Cichocki F.; Taccogna F.; Laurent G. -
pp. 11-1 - 11-19 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.1088/978-0-7503-3559-1ch11
Hybrid models
Taccogna F.; Minelli P. -
IEPC 2022 - International Electric Propulsion Conference, pp. 1 - 12 , Boston, MA, USA , 19-23 June 2022 Year: 2022
Towards full three-dimensional modeling of Hall thruster internal channel discharges
Taccogna F.; Cichocki F.; Minelli P. -
Frontiers in Physics 10 pp. 1006994-1 - 1006994-19 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.3389/fphy.2022.1006994
Coupling plasma physics and chemistry in the PIC model of electric propulsion: Application to an air-breathing, low-power Hall thruster
Taccogna F.; Cichocki F.; Minelli P. -
2022 Space Propulsion - 8th Edition of the Space Propulsion Conference - SP22 - 3AF, , Estoril, Portugal , 9-13 May 2022 Year: 2022
PIC model of an air-breathing low power Hall thruster
Taccogna F.; Cichocki F.; Minelli P. -
IEEE transactions on plasma science 50 (6), pp. 1380 - 1381 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2022.3180401
Guest Editorial Special Issue on Plenary, Invited, and Selected Papers From the Second International Conference on Advances in Plasma Science and Technology (ICAPST-21)
Pandiyaraj K.N.; Deshmukh R.R.; Murphy A.B.; Morent R.; Hyde T.; Lai S.; Taccogna F.; Gitomer S.J. -
Plasma physics and controlled fusion (Print) 64 (5), pp. 055012-1 - 055012-10 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.1088/1361-8587/ac5ca2
A 1.5D fluid-Monte Carlo model of a hydrogen helicon plasma
Agnello, R.; Fubiani, G.; Furno, I.; Guittienne, Ph.; Howling, A.; Jacquier, R.; Taccogna, F. -
Space Propulsion Conference ESA, pp. 1 - 9 , Virtual Event , 17-19 March 2021 Year: 2021
A Software for Computational Plasma Engineering for European Space Industry
Rouwette S.; Siems U.; Basov L.; Chibani S.; Bouziane R.; Mockel B.; Zhu F.; Schmit R.; Petkow D.; Taccogna F.; Feili D.; Deprez G. -
Physics of plasmas 28 (6), pp. 063503-1 - 063503-12 Year: 2021 DOI: 10.1063/5.0044358
Negative hydrogen ion dynamics inside the plasma volume of a linear device: Estimates from particle-in-cell calculations
Fubiani G.; Agnello R.; Furno I.; Garrigues L.; Guittienne PH.; Hagelaar G.; Howling A.; Jacquier R.; Reman B.; Simonin A.; Taccogna F. -
Plasma sources science & technology (Online) 30 (11), pp. 115005-1 - 115005-12 Year: 2021 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/ac2d53
Laser photo-detachment combined with Langmuir probe in magnetized electronegative plasma: How the probe size affects the plasma dynamic?
Oudini N.; Bendib A.; Agnello R.; Furno I.; Taccogna F. -
Plasma physics and controlled fusion (Online) 63 (8), pp. 085006-1 - 085006-10 Year: 2021 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6587/ac0163
Vibrational excitation and dissociation of deuterium molecule by electron impact
Laporta V.; Agnello R.; Fubiani G.; Furno I.; Hill C.; Reiter D.; Taccogna F. -
Plasma sources science & technology (Online) 30 (7), pp. 075002-1 - 075002-15 Year: 2021 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/ac0a4a
2D radial-azimuthal particle-in-cell benchmark for E×B discharges
Villafana W.; Petronio F.; Denig A.C.; Jimenez M.J.; Eremin D.; Garrigues L.; Taccogna F.; Alvarez-Laguna A.; Boeuf J.P.; Bourdon A.; Chabert P.; Charoy T.; Cuenot B.; Hara K.; Pechereau F.; Smolyakov A.; Sydorenko D.; Tavant A.; Vermorel O. -
Fusion engineering and design 168 (07-2021), pp. 112622-1 - 112622-10 Year: 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2021.112622
On the road to ITER NBIs: SPIDER improvement after first operation and MITICA construction progress
Toigo V.; Marcuzzi D.; Serianni G.; Boldrin M.; Chitarin G.; Dal Bello S.; Grando L.; Luchetta A.; Pasqualotto R.; Zaccaria P.; Zanotto L.; Agnello R.; Agostinetti P.; Agostini M.; Antoni V.; Aprile D.; Barbisan M.; Battistella M.; Berton G.; Bigi [ Et al. ] -
Physics of plasmas 27 (12), pp. 120601-1 - 120601-45 Year: 2020 DOI: 10.1063/5.0010135
Physics of e × B discharges relevant to plasma propulsion and similar technologies
Kaganovich I.D.; Smolyakov A.; Raitses Y.; Ahedo E.; Mikellides I.G.; Jorns B.; Taccogna F.; Gueroult R.; Tsikata S.; Bourdon A.; Boeuf J.-P.; Keidar M.; Powis A.T.; Merino M.; Cappelli M.; Hara K.; Carlsson J.A.; Fisch N.J.; Chabert P.; Schweigert I.; [ Et al. ] -
Frontiers in Physics 7 pp. 1 - 12 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.3389/fphy.2019.00140
Numerical Study of Electron Cyclotron Drift Instability: Application to Hall Thruster
Asadi, Zahra; Taccogna, Francesco; Sharifian, Mehdi -
Plasma sources science & technology (Print) 28 (6), pp. 064002-1 - 064002-10 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/ab08af
Numerical studies of the ExB electron drift instability in Hall thrusters
Taccogna, Francesco; Minelli, Pierpaolo; Asadi, Zahra; Bogopolsky, Guillaume -
Journal of physics. D, Applied physics (Print) 52 (47), pp. 474003-1 - 474003-12 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/ab3c7b
Parametric study of the radial plasma-wall interaction in a Hall thruster
Dominguez-Vazquez, A.; Taccogna, F.; Fajardo, P.; Ahedo, E. -
Physics of plasmas 27 (2), pp. 020601-1 - 020601-30 Year: 2020 DOI: 10.1063/1.5109141
Perspectives, frontiers, and new horizons for plasma-based space electric propulsion
Levchenko, I.; Xu, S.; Mazouffre, S.; Lev, D.; Pedrini, D.; Goebel, D.; Garrigues, L.; Taccogna, F.; Bazaka, K. -
Plasma sources science & technology (Print) 29 (7), pp. 075012-1 - 075012-12 Year: 2020 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/ab9cc2
Experimental and numerical investigation on the asymmetry of the current density extracted through a plasma meniscus in negative ion accelerator
Denizeau, S.; Aprile, D.; Fubiani, G.; Taccogna, F.; Minelli, P.; Ichikawa, M.; Hiratsuka, J.; Kashiwagi, M.; Kojima, A.; Chitarin, G. -
Rendiconti lincei. Scienze fisiche e naturali 30 (2), pp. 277 - 285 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.1007/s12210-019-00798-5
Negative ion beam source as a complex system: identification of main processes and key interdependence
Antoni, V.; Taccogna, F.; Agostinetti, P.; Barbisan, M.; Cavenago, M.; Chitarin, G.; Ferron, N.; Minelli, P.; Pimazzoni, A.; Poggi, C.; Sartori, E.; Serianni, G.; Suweis, S.; Ugoletti, M.; Veltri, P.
