keywords
- Dusty plasma physics, Basic plasma physics, Plasma diagnostics
- Contact Info
Wang, Xu
Positions
- Research Associate, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP)
- Lecturer, Physics
Research Areas
Research
Publications
selected publications
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conference proceeding
- The Dust Environment of Airless Planetary Bodies. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series. 183-190. 2017
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Dust Charging and Transport on Surfaces.
AIP Conference Proceedings.
2011
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Operation of a Langmuir Probe in a Photoelectron Plasma.
AIP Conference Proceedings.
2011
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The Dust Accelerator Facility of the Colorado Center for Lunar Dust and Atmospheric Studies.
AIP Conference Proceedings.
2011
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Reducing particle adhesion by material surface engineering.
Proceedings of SPIE.
2010
- Surface - Plasma interaction on the moon. AIP Conference Proceedings. 113-116. 2008
- Behavior of charged dust in plasma and photoelectron sheaths. Esa Sp. 171-+. 2005
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journal article
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Charging and Mobilization of Dust Particles on a Surface in Plasma..
Physical Review Letters.
115301.
2024
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Photoelectric charging and lofting of dust particles on a conducting surface with external electric fields.
Physics of Plasmas.
2024
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The lunar dust environment: concerns for Moon-based astronomy.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences.
2024
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Electrostatic Dust Analyzer for Dust Transport Measurements on the Lunar Surface.
The Planetary Science Journal.
2024
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In Situ Cosmic Dust Detection for Heliophysics
2023
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The Interactions of Interstellar Dust with our Heliosphere
2023
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Dust removal from a variety of surface materials with multiple electron beams.
Acta Astronautica.
42-47.
2022
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Adhesion of lunar simulant dust to materials under simulated lunar environment conditions.
Acta Astronautica.
25-36.
2022
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Fine-grained regolith loss on sub-km asteroids.
Nature Astronomy.
1043-+.
2022
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Dust mobilization in the presence of magnetic fields.
Physical Review E.
2022
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Laboratory Simulation of Solar Wind Interaction With Lunar Magnetic Anomalies.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics.
2022
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Laboratory measurements of size distribution of electrostatically lofted dust.
Icarus.
2022
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Improvement of the electron beam (e-beam) lunar dust mitigation technology with varying the beam incident angle.
Acta Astronautica.
362-366.
2021
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Dynamics of electrostatically lofted dust on airless planetary bodies.
Icarus.
2021
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Dust mitigation technology for lunar exploration utilizing an electron beam.
Acta Astronautica.
405-409.
2020
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Laboratory measurements of initial launch velocities of electrostatically lofted dust on airless planetary bodies.
Icarus.
2020
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A Double Hemispherical Probe for Characterizing and Minimizing the Self-Wake Effects on Probe Measurements.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics.
2020
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Sheath Around a Spherical Probe in a Photoelectron Environment.
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science.
418-425.
2020
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Retrieving True Plasma Characteristics from Langmuir Probes Immersed in the Spacecraft Sheath: The Double Hemispherical Probe Technique.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics.
9847-9856.
2019
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Plasma Sheath Formation at Craters on Airless Bodies.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics.
4188-4193.
2019
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Investigation of Coatings for Langmuir Probes: Effect of Surface Oxidation on Photoemission Characteristics.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics.
2357-2361.
2019
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Measurements of the Potential Profiles of Glow Discharges Using an Emissive Probe.
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science.
199-203.
2019
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Laboratory Investigation of Rate of Electrostatic Dust Lofting Over Time on Airless Planetary Bodies.
Geophysical Research Letters.
13206-13212.
2018
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Dust Observations by the Radio and Plasma Wave Science Instrument During Cassini's Grand Finale.
Geophysical Research Letters.
10101-10109.
2018
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Investigation of Coatings for Langmuir Probes in an Oxygen-Rich Space Environment.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics.
6054-6064.
2018
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DREADDed microglia in pain: Implications for spinal inflammatory signaling in male rats..
Experimental Neurology.
125-131.
2018
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Development of a Double Hemispherical Probe for Improved Space Plasma Measurements.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics.
2916-2925.
2018
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Experimental Methods of Dust Charging and Mobilization on Surfaces with Exposure to Ultraviolet Radiation or Plasmas.
Journal of Visualized Experiments.
2018
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A large ion beam device for laboratory solar wind studies.
Review of Scientific Instruments.
2017
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The charge state of electrostatically transported dust on regolith surfaces.
Geophysical Research Letters.
3059-3065.
2017
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Floating potential measurements in plasmas: From dust to spacecraft.
Physics of Plasmas.
2017
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Grain-scale supercharging and breakdown on airless regoliths.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets.
2150-2165.
2016
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Dust charging and transport on airless planetary bodies.
Geophysical Research Letters.
6103-6110.
2016
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Three-dimensional full-kinetic simulation of the solar wind interaction with a vertical dipolar lunarmagnetic anomaly.
Geophysical Research Letters.
4136-4144.
2016
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Plasma potential in the sheaths of electron-emitting surfaces in space.
Geophysical Research Letters.
525-531.
2016
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Laboratory investigation of lunar surface electric potentials in magnetic anomaly regions.
Geophysical Research Letters.
4280-4287.
2015
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Identification of when a Langmuir probe is in the sheath of a spacecraft: The effects of secondary electron emission from the probe.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics.
2428-2437.
2015
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The effects of magnetic fields on photoelectron-mediated spacecraft potential fluctuations.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics.
2014
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Photoelectron- mediated spacecraft potential fluctuations.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics.
1094-1101.
2014
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Electric potentials in magnetic dipole fields normal and oblique to a surface in plasma: Understanding the solar wind interaction with lunar magnetic anomalies.
Geophysical Research Letters.
1686-1690.
2013
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Experimental demonstration of the role of cohesion in electrostatic dust lofting.
Geophysical Research Letters.
1038-1042.
2013
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Effect of filament supports on emissive probe measurements.
Review of Scientific Instruments.
2013
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Characteristics of a plasma sheath in a magnetic dipole field: Implications to the solar wind interaction with the lunar magnetic anomalies.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics.
2012
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Experimental study of a photoelectron sheath.
Physics of Plasmas.
2012
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Dust Transport on a Surface in Plasma.
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science.
2730-2731.
2011
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Dust transport near electron beam impact and shadow boundaries.
Planetary and Space Science.
1791-1794.
2011
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Mitigation of lunar dust adhesion by surface modification.
Planetary and Space Science.
1784-1790.
2011
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Investigation of dust transport on the lunar surface in a laboratory plasma with an electron beam.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics.
2010
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Experiments on dust transport in plasma to investigate the origin of the lunar horizon glow.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics.
2009
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Lunar Dust Levitation.
Journal of Aerospace Engineering.
2-9.
2009
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Variability of the lunar photoelectron sheath and dust mobility due to solar activity.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics.
2008
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Plasma probes for the lunar surface.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics.
2008
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A laboratory model of the lunar surface potential near boundaries between sunlit and shadowed regions.
Geophysical Research Letters.
2007
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Short-term relationship between solar irradiances and equatorial peak electron densities.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics.
2007
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Analysis of the electron and ion fluxes to the wall of a hot-filament discharge device.
Physics of Plasmas.
2007
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Charge of dust on surfaces in plasma.
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science.
271-279.
2007
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On the short-term relationship between solar soft X-ray irradiances and equatorial total electron content (TEC).
Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics.
2006
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Analyses on the geometrical structure of magnetic field in the current sheet based on cluster measurements.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics.
2003
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Charging and Mobilization of Dust Particles on a Surface in Plasma..
Physical Review Letters.
115301.
2024