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While most visitors have ventured up Victoria Peak and boogied down in Lan Kwai Fong, there's so much more of Hong Kong to explore. Sham Shui Po is one such area. The densely populated, working class neighbourhood offers a cityscape not seen in other parts of the territory, housing thousands of factories, wholesalers, shops and stalls. For visitors it's a hub of shopportunity – markets selling everything from electronics to DIY supplies – and home to some of the best food in Hong Kong.
Whether it's your first time visiting the Fragrant Harbour, or you're wanting to experience a different side on your next trip, be sure to add Sham Shui Po to your Hong Kong itinerary.
Where to Eat
Sun Hang Yuen
Local workers and families flock to no-frills cha chaan teng (tea restaurant) Sun Hang Yuen [新香園 (堅記)] (38 Kweilin St). Dishing out various Hong Kong comfort foods – crispy french toast, pork knuckle noodles, wonton soup – the bolthole is best known for its gloriously greasy scrambled egg and corned beef sandwiches.
Urban Coffee Roaster at Wontonmeen
Set below art-inspired hostel Wontonmeen, Urban Coffee Roaster (135 Lai Chi Kok Rd) is a hip little coffee spot championing locally-roasted beans. Choose a brew from the extensive coffee list or something from their Western-leaning menu. Beans, brewing equipment and accessories make for cute caffeine souvenirs.
Cafe Sausalito
Another speciality coffee shop, Cafe Sausalito's flagship post (201 Tai Nan St) does more than just serve excellent java and cafe fare – it's a space connecting the community with a calendar of live music, workshops and events. Check out their Facebook page to see what's on.
Hop Yik Tai
If you haven't already, add cheung fun (steamed rice rolls) to your list of things to eat in Hong Kong. Hop Yik Tai [合益泰小食] (121 Kweilin St) serves up some of the best in town. Push through the busy kitchen and seat yourself at a communal table, or grab a plate to devour in the alley.
Block 18 Doggie's Noodle
Don't worry, you won't find Fido on the menu of this popular street food spot. Block 18 Doggie's Noodle [十八座狗仔粉] (88 Fuk Wing St) is known for its short, fat rice noodles, served in a thick, rich broth with lard, dried shrimp and mushrooms. The mock shark fin soup is worth a slurp too.
Kung Wo Bean Curd Factory
Kung Wo Bean Curd [公和荳品廠] is king at this charming, retro restaurant (118 Pei Ho St). The menu features different styles of tofu both fried and cold – sweet tofu pudding is the most popular choice. Tuck in at a communal table and grab a fresh soy milk to go.
Tim Ho Wan
Michelin-starred Tim Ho Wan (9-11 Fuk Wing St) is said to produce some of the best dim sum in Hong Kong. It's hard to disagree – their famously fluffy, perfectly crusted barbeque pork buns are well worth the queue.
Lau Sum Kee Noodles
Kweilin Street classic Lau Sum Kee [劉森記麵家] (48 Kweilin St) is one of the few remaining eateries that make their noodles from scratch, kneading dough with a heavy bamboo pole. Their famed noodles doused in dried shrimp roe are sure to please rumbling tums.
Keung Kee Dai Pai Dong
While many of Hong Kong's Dai Pai Dongs [大排檔] (traditional open-air restaurants) have been forced indoors, Keung Kee [強記大排檔] is still flinging cheap Cantonese fare down dingy Yiu Tung Street. Perch curbside for je- je chicken and other wonders from the roaring wok.
Where to Shop
Apliu Street Electronics Flea Market
This iconic Sham Shui Po market is one of the best places to visit in Hong Kong if you're seeking cheap electronics. From LED lights and phone accessories to second-hand power tools, the packaway stalls sell almost every electronic imaginable. Behind you'll find brick and mortar stores housing more of the same. Do a lap and check for quality before you buy.
Golden Computer Arcade
Stocking monitors, motherboards and more, Golden Computer Arcade (146-152 Fuk Wa St) is a jam-packed computer mecca. Gamers will also be pleased with the consoles and games on offer.
Cheung Sha Wan Road
The myriad of retail and wholesale fashion stores along Cheung Sha Wan Road stock women's, men's and children's clothing direct from factories in China – expect low prices and differing levels of quality. Make time to nip into Vinyl Hero (Flat D, 5/F 239 Cheung Sha Wan Rd), a treasure trove of vintage vinyl housed in an unassuming residential building.
Wah Ngai Canvas
Opened in 1954, Wah Ngai Canvas (212 Yee Kuk St) is the birthplace of the iconic red, white and blue nylon bag. Cheap and durable, the carryalls became extremely popular in the 1970s and '80s, going on to inspire international brands such as Louis Vuitton. Today, the bags are a symbol of Hong Kong culture – visit the store to nab one for yourself (what better way to carry all of your Sham Shui Po finds?).
Tai Nan Street
Shoppers can pick up leathers and tools, join a workshop or commission a bespoke design at the workshops lining Tai Nan Street – Brothers Leathercraft (208 Tai Nan St) and Alri Star Leather Factory (236 Tai Nan St) are two top picks for quality and price.
Fuk Wing Street ("Toy Street")
If you're in Hong Kong with kids, beeline to Fuk Wing Street to shop the extensive offering of toys – think beach inflatables, knock-off LEGO sets, emoji cushions, water pistols, costumes, stationery… anything and everything you'll need to keep youngsters entertained.
Yu Chau Street ("Bead Street")
Don't be fooled into thinking this street is limited to beads – Yu Chau Street's stores are packed to the brim with ribbons, buttons, rhinestones, feathers, lace, fabrics and everything else your crafty heart desires. DIY heaven!
Things to do
Heritage Tour of SCAD Hong Kong
Away from the market madness, Hong Kong's Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) is housed in the tastefully-restored, UNESCO-award-winning former North Kowloon Magistracy Building (292 Tai Po Rd). Visitors can pre-register for a free 45 minute tour of the neoclassical building, during which you'll be shown the first and second landings, original detention cell and courtroom.
Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre
Just around the corner from SCAD, factory-turned-art-hub Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre (JCCAC) showcases over 140 artists and art organisations, with a rooftop exhibition space and basement black box theatre (30 Pak Tin St). Tucked away on level 1, Heritage Tea House offers mid-peruse fuel in the form of cha and homemade dumplings.
Be sure to keep an eye out for JCCAC's year-round events, including the annual JCCAC Festival in December and the quarterly Handicraft Fair, along with themed exhibitions, stage performances, rooftop film screenings and art workshops. For more info, go to the program page.
Nam Cheong Park
All shopped out? Nam Cheong Park (20 Sham Mong Rd) is ideal for those wanting to experience Hong Kong free and easy: there's a running track, open grassy spaces (perfect for picnics), children's play equipment and fitness stations for the elderly. The park is particularly pretty March-May, when the Tabebuia Chrysantha trees flower a brilliant yellow.
Man Fung Building
While you're in Sham Shui Po, be sure to snap a shot of Man Fung Building (180 Tai Nan St). The multi-coloured, geometric mural was painted by street artist Okuda San Miguel during HK Walls in 2016, and has been Instagrammed countless times since.
Garden Hill
Just a short 15 minute hike from Mei Ho House, Garden Hill is fantastic spot to admire the sunset over Kowloon. Make sure you stay on a little longer – the view only gets better as night falls and the city lights up.
Jao Tsung-I Academy
Perched on a verdant hillside in Lai Chi Kok, the Jao Tsung-I Academy building (800 Castle Peak Rd) has served many purposes over the years, housing everything from a customs station in the Qing Dynasty to a psychiatric rehabilitation centre more recently. The restored landmark now operates as a cultural hub, hosting guided tours, exhibitions, performances, weekend markets, workshops, seminars and various other activities (see their events calendar for more info). The building also features Heritage Lodge, 89 guest rooms tastefully fitted out in traditional Chinese furnishings.
Where to Stay
While Heritage Lodge offers respite from Sham Shui Po's bustling market streets, YHA Mei Ho House Youth Hostel (Block 41, 70 Berwick St) is a great option for those wanting to stay a little closer to the action. Housed in the only surviving Mark I H-shaped resettlement block, the hostel comprises of 129 nostalgic-themed dorm and private rooms, a retro-styled café and heritage museum – just a short stroll from the best restaurants and shopping in Sham Shui Po.
Other quality hotel offerings in the neighbourhood are slim, so you may want to look for accommodation further south in Mong Kok, Jordan or Tsim Sha Tsui where there are more options ranging budget to luxe. Sham Shui Po is easily accessible by MTR on the Tsuen Wan Line (red) – no matter where you stay, there's no excuse not to spend a day.


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IHeartMedia Inc. lost $388.21 million in the first quarter as the radio, billboard and digital giant moved closer to insolvency under the weight of its more than $20 billion in debt, the company said Thursday.
The San Antonio-based company's first-quarter loss widened from a loss of $88.5 million during the same three months last year, the company said in releasing its earnings results Thursday. The $388.21 million loss is the largest since a $424.2 million loss in the first quarter of 2014.
Company executives blamed higher expenses and an unexpected slump in advertising revenue for a sharp 21 percent reduction in first-quarter cash flow the company needs to meet its debt payments and to keep operating.
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Revenue dropped slightly to $1.33 billion in the first quarter, from $1.36 billion a year ago, a 2.4 percent decline. The company had released the first-quarter revenue total earlier in a preliminary first-quarter earnings statement on April 20.
"We remain focused on balancing financial discipline with investments to grow our businesses while continuing to work on our capital structure," said Rich Bressler, president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer.
Total debt at the company stood at $20.4 billion on March 31, up from $20.36 billion in the fourth quarter of 2016.
The company is in the midst of a $14.6 billion debt-exchange offer in which it is seeking partial debt forgiveness on loans and bonds and a two-year extension of loan and bond maturities. The offer's deadlines have been extended three times since it was first issued March 15. The current deadline is May 12. As of April 26, only 0.4 percent, or about $31 million, of the $8.3 million in bond debt in the offer had been tendered, according to the company.
Bressler and iHeartMedia Senior Vice President and Treasurer Brian Coleman, citing U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules, declined during an analysts call Thursday to discuss the status of the debt-exchange offer or to offer an update on the previous report of the low acceptance by lenders and bondholders.
The company has $316.5 million in debt maturities this year, $324.2 million in 2018 but $8.4 billion in 2019. The company had $365 million in cash as of March 31.
Investors and debt holders fully understand iHeartMedia's "going concern" statement, said Seth Crystall, a senior credit analyst at Debtwire, a New York-based corporate debt research firm.
"They don't like it. (IHeartMedia) has a balance sheet it can't pay off," Crystall said, adding that he does not know what would convince more lenders and bondholders to accept the debt-exchange offer's terms.
"The company could give them more bonds or more equity in the company. I think that is what it will take. (Improved) operations won't do it. But I don't think (iHeartMedia) is looking to give up more. That's the battle. This is not an easy situation. It's almost like a game of chicken. Who will blink first?" Crystall said.
Bressler said the company was "surprised by the softness in the advertising market" during the first quarter, with local radio sales falling more than from national advertisers. "The auto companies are great partners for us … but they are not as robust," Bressler said.
Higher expenses came from more expensive billboard site leases, new contracts for on-air talent such as Steve Harvey and new programming costs, plus investments in additional digital billboards and new consumer analytical tools to help advertisers reach target customers, Bressler said. Changes in foreign exchange rates also were a factor, he said.
"Operating cash was lighter than what we anticipated," said Patrice Cucinello, a Fitch Ratings Inc. analyst said. But the first-quarter result will not worsen the junk-bond rating already assigned to iHeartMedia, Cucinello said.
"The risk is already incorporated into the ratings. The company is over-leveraged and is unsustainable," Cucinello said, adding that the state of the radio industry has declined.
"We don't run the company for one quarter," Bressler said during the analysts call. Twenty percent of media consumption is radio, he said, but the radio industry receives only 6 to 8 percent of media advertising. "That's our challenge," Bressler said, citing "a tough advertising environment."
Much of iHeartMedia's debt stems from 2008 when 70 percent of the company, then called Clear Channel Communications, was sold to two Boston-based private equity firms, Bain Capital Partners and Thomas H. Lee Partners. About 30 percent of the company remains publicly traded on the over-the-counter market.
IHeartMedia owns more than 850 radio stations, which include seven in San Antonio.
IHeartMedia billboard subsidiary Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. posted a $29 million first-quarter loss Thursday, compared to a $140.11 million gain in the first quarter of 2016.
Clear Channel Outdoor revenues fell to $544.73 million in the first quarter from $589.01 million in the same quarter a year ago.
IHeartMedia owns about 90 percent of Clear Channel Outdoor. The rest of the shares is traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
IHeartMedia stock closed Thursday at $2 per share, down 15 cents for the day on the over-the-counter market. Clear Channel Outdoor stock closed at $5 per share, down 10 cents for the day.


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The ability to have two foreground lighting effects per key, the first that can be triggered on key press (as it currently is), and the second to be triggered on key release.
The reason for this is you can currently have a key light up on key press the turn off on key release, which looks pretty jarring, alternatively you can have it light up for a set time on key press then slowly fade out, which looks a lot nicer but is weird if you hold the key longer than the time delay. I'd like to be able to light up on key press then fade out on key release.
Please add manual update feature
(Before writing this, I checked everywhere I could think of in the CUE software looking for this feature, let me know if I just missed it.)
The CUE feature I'd like to see would be an option to limit updates to manual only. The software asks to be updated quite often, I've updated the software 5-6 times since I got the Sabre RGB mouse about 6 weeks ago. I've had issues with operation after each update, the last was the worst:
I allowed CUE to update when it requested. At the end of the process, it said it had failed to install a couple of components. I found the CUE software wasn't working. It would switch to the correct profile for a given program, but not issue keystrokes.
I re-booted, to no avail. It did not ask to be updated, so eventually, I uninstalled CUE, downloaded the most recent, and reinstalled/rebooted before it began working again.
Would you please consider the option of making updates fully manual (Without notifications)? I will check for updates if I install new software, or experience a problem. Right now, the only problems I have with the Corsair Sabre RGB are due to the automated update process. Thanks for your consideration.
K70 RGB Lights-Off on Idle
I know there is a third-party program that does this, but I would love to have a feature that would auto-turn off the lighting on idle implemented directly in CUE.
I spent some time using the Razer Chroma RGB and that feature alone makes me miss that keyboard sooooo much. The feature on the Chroma is that it turns off the back-lighting on the keyboard once your monitor turns off. I love the idea of that feature.
I find myself leaving my computer often and when I come back it bothers me to see that my back-lighting was on the entire time =(.
Maybe set it up so you can put a idle timer in the settings and upon hitting that time without touching the mouse or keyboard, it shuts the back-light off. And then when you move the mouse it automatically turns the back-light back on.
Much appreciated.
Allowing the preset lighting for custom lighting.
I have been trying to remake the perfect "wave" feature that is currently a preset, but I want to change a few things about it. The preset lighting effects should also be available in the editor to allow some modification. If this is already a thing or easy to get to in the files could someone please help me.
Until they add that you could use the lighting button on the top left of the keyboard, not ideal but it could do.
Please allow the mice to use the visualizer software on their own. I'd love to see my mouse glow to the beat of my music.
EDIT: I'd really like it if I could assign multiple actions to a button press. I know we have macros, but multiple actions would make some complex macros simpler to create and much cleaner to edit. Also, I'd like to set actions to be taken when I switch into and out of a mode. For example, in Kerbal Space Program you can enter the game's docking mode by pressing delete. I have a docking mode under my KSP profile and I'd love it if the delete key was pressed when I switched to it. When I switch out of it, I'd like the button that switches back out of docking mode to be pressed.
Suggestions for K70 RGB cue software
Probably already been suggested but here goes:
1. Add an idle section with the options to choose a profile that the keyboard switches to after a certain time that the computer has been idle. (Similar to a screensaver)
also, in the same section, add a 'turn off lighting' dropdown menu that turns the lighting completely off after a custom period of time, similar to the 'turn off display setting' in Windows Power Options.
2. Add a music spectrum analyzer lighting to the standard settings effect list with the option to choose the sound card output playback devices and the options to change colors and decibel levels.
* I know There is already new visualizer preset effect for corsair's VOID headsets in the dropdown menu in the standard settings, so I think they should add a music visualizer for keyboards as well.
3. In 'Lighting' add a seamless loop wave and ripple effect options that does not have the gap in time between waves that the original wave and ripple effects has.
it will be so much easier to create a good custom rainbow profile without workarounds and dozens of groups in the mode.
4. Add some new cool reactive typing effects.
I know that there are 3d party applications (Idle Key and CEE) that can already do 1 and 2, but I think it would be so much more comfortable and usable if it will be a integrated in CUE.
Probably this has been suggested, but another time then:
This has probably been suggested many times, but: Some sort of LUA type support with easy access if/then statements? For example, I wanted to make a lighting profile for MKX where when you press a key all of the other keys that could either continue or complete a 'Kombo' would light up, but it does not seem possible without if/then control.
The ability to set key combination, using FN+any key, or CTRL+... or another combination of 2 or more keyx why not, to launch macro/shortcut/switch mode
like Joy2key can do :)
Id really like to be able to do multiple actions with one button press (I'm using a Sabre mouse). For example, I have a lock button assigned to the default configuration on my mouse. I'd like it to activate a "dormant" color scheme on the mouse. I would also like it if lighting changes could be assignments as well.
I wish I had full control over the DPI indicator light. In fact, it should be treated just like any other light on the mouse. DPI indication should be an option for any of the lights. Also, DPI indication should be able to use any of the lighting settings like pulse and shift. This would actually be solved if the assigned actions could also change the lighting settings when triggered.
Overall, there are so many things people want to do that it may be best if you focus on making the API as simple as possible. It may even be a good idea to consider making a very minimalistic IDE just for your accessories. I know I'd use it a lot. I haven't tried the API but I think I'll look into it now.
Would love to see battery level in the software. Say at the bottom, where the picture shows up of the plugged in corsair products. Turn the picture into the battery meter or put one beside said product.
Another feature would be nice to see on the headset (Void wireless) is a remapping of keys (eg mute/sidetone) A button which I myself will never use (I already know this because it is my 2nd pair of wireless headset)
I use push to talk in TS3, and when I walk around I would like to be able to press the most useless button (yes that is you mute!) and have it to be my push to talk.
Corsair should trash this software and start from scratch with developers that know how to build an app. That's the only suggestion I have. Another way of saying is "Holy crap Corsair, FIX THIS POS SOFTWARE and make it usable!"
I'd like to...
1. create shortcuts, macros or key presses that would be triggered by key combinations like [Fn]+[A] or [RCtrl] +[NumEnter] or [LCtrl]+[Space] etc... see http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=154943
Even better if this would work not only with modifier+1 keys, but with something like [a]+[w]+[d] too.
2. bind lighting to the main Windows volume level, because I think it'd be cool to have F1 to F12 light up according to my set volume (example: F1-F6 green at 50% volume and F7-F12 blue or off)
Is there any way we could get inter device macros. I would like to for instance be able to use the mode buttons on my K95 to also switch the mode on my scimitar. Likewise I have set up a macro layer using the windows key, I would like that button press to also trigger a similar mode shift on the scimitar as well. Even being able to use one key to change the mode on the mouse from the keyboard would be handy.
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Professor / Engineering Science for Advanced energy system / Department of Advanced Energy Science and Engineering / Faculty of Engineering Sciences
|Ippei Takesue, Yutaro Kawahara, Kensuke Iijima, Kouichi Ushio, Naoji Yamamoto, Taichi Morita, Masakatsu Nakano, Yasushi Ohkawa, Ikkoh Funaki,, Development of Variable Time-Averaged Thrust System by Controlling Duty Ratio of Ion Beam Extraction in Ion Thrusters, Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan, 10.2322/tastj.16.388 , 16, 5, 388-391, 2018.07.
|Naoji Yamamoto, Taichi Morita, Yasushi Ohkawa, Masakatsu Nakano, Ikkoh Funaki, Ion thruster operation with carbon nanotube field emission cathode, Journal of Propulsion and Power, 10.2514/1.B37214, 35, 2, 490-493, 2019.01, The neutralization of a miniature ion thruster using xenon as a
propellant with field emission neutralizer was successfully
demonstrated using an FEC with carbon nanotube emitter for, to
our knowledge, the first time. The emission current from the FEC is
balanced with the ion beam current from the ion thruster head, by
changing the potential of the neutralizer relative to the chamber
(space plasma potential). The electrically isolated potential of the
cathode is kept constant and is changed by changing the ion beam
current and the gate voltage. The electron emission cost was 360 W/
A. This is higher than that of a conventional hollowcathode (less than
30 W/A) [26,27], but considering the current range and the lack of
propellant consumption, this is a competitive cost. A remaining
challenge is demonstration of the 30 W class miniature ion thruster
with CNT-FEC and the life expectancy of the FEC with carbon
|Masafumi Edamoto, Taichi Morita, Naoya Saito, Yutaro Itadani, Satoshi Miura, Shinsuke Fujioka, Hideki Nakashima, Naoji Yamamoto, Portable and noise-tolerant magnetic field generation system, Review of Scientific Instruments, 10.1063/1.5049217, 89, 9, 2018.09, We have successfully developed a portable pulsed magnetic field generation system incorporating a number of techniques to avoid the effects of noise, including shielding, a self-power capability, and a high-capability semiconductor switch. The system fits into a cubical box less than 0.5 m in linear dimensions and can easily be installed in experimental facilities, including noisy environments such as high-power laser facilities. The system can generate a magnetic field of several tesla sustainable for several tens of microseconds over a spatial scale of several centimeters. In a high-power laser experiment with Gekko-XII, the system operated stably despite being subjected to a high level of electrical noise from laser shots of 600 J..
|Naoya Saito, Naoji Yamamoto, Taichi Morita, Masafumi Edamoto, Hideki Nakashima, Shinsuke Fujioka, Akifumi Yogo, Hiroaki Nishimura, Atsushi Sunahara, Yoshitaka Mori, Tomoyuki Johzaki, Experimental demonstration of ion extraction from magnetic thrust chamber for laser fusion rocket, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers & Short Notes, 10.7567/JJAP.57.050303, 57, 5, 2018.05, A magnetic thrust chamber is an important system of a laser fusion rocket, in which the plasma kinetic energy is converted into vehicle thrust by a magnetic field. To investigate the plasma extraction from the system, the ions in a plasma are diagnosed outside the system by charge collectors. The results clearly show that the ion extraction does not strongly depend on the magnetic field strength when the energy ratio of magnetic field to plasma is greater than 4.3, and the magnetic field pushes back the plasma to generate a thrust, as previously suggested by numerical simulation and experiments..
|Taichi Morita, Masafumi Edamoto, Satoshi Miura, Atsushi Sunahara, Naoya Saito, Yutaro Itadani, Tomihiko Kojima, Yoshitaka Mori, Tomoyuki Johzaki, Yoshihiro Kajimura, Shinsuke Fujioka, Akifumi Yogo, Hiroaki Nishimura, Hideki Nakashima, Naoji Yamamoto, Control of unsteady laser-produced plasma-flow with a multiple-coil magnetic nozzle, Scientific Reports, 10.1038/s41598-017-09273-3, 7, 1, 2017.12, We report an experimental demonstration of controlling plasma flow direction with a magnetic nozzle consisting of multiple coils. Four coils are controlled separately to form an asymmetric magnetic field to change the direction of laser-produced plasma flow. The ablation plasma deforms the topology of the external magnetic field, forming a magnetic cavity inside and compressing the field outside. The compressed magnetic field pushes the plasma via the Lorentz force on a diamagnetic current: j × B in a certain direction, depending on the magnetic field configuration. Plasma and magnetic field structure formations depending on the initial magnetic field were simultaneously measured with a self-emission gated optical imager and B-dot probe, respectively, and the probe measurement clearly shows the difference of plasma expansion direction between symmetric and asymmetric initial magnetic fields. The combination of two-dimensional radiation hydrodynamic and three-dimensional hybrid simulations shows the control of the deflection angle with different number of coils, forming a plasma structure similar to that observed in the experiment..
|Yushi Hamada, Junhwi Bak, Rei Kawashima, Hiroyuki Koizumi, Kimiya Komurasaki, Naoji Yamamoto, Yusuke Egawa, Ikkoh Funaki, Shigeyasu Iihara, Shinatora Cho, Kenichi Kubota, Hiroki Watanabe, Kenji Fuchigami, Yosuke Tashiro, Yuya Takahata, Tetsuo Kakuma, Yusuke Furukubo, Hirokazu Tahara, Hall thruster development for Japanese space propulsion programs, Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, 10.2322/tjsass.60.320, 60, 5, 320-326, 2017.09, Three different types of high power Hall thrusters—anode layer type, magnetic layer type with high specific impulse, and magnetic layer type with dual mode operation (high thrust mode and high specific impulse mode)—have been developed, and the thrust performance of each thruster has been evaluated. The thrust of the anode layer type thruster is in the range of 19–219 mN, with power in the range of 325–4500 W. The thrust of the high specific impulse magnetic layer type thruster was 102 mN, with specific impulse of 3300 s. The thrust of the bimodal operation magnetic layer thruster was 385 mN with specific impulse of 1200 s, and 300 mN with specific impulse of 2330 s. The performance of these thrusters demonstrates that the Japanese electric propulsion community has the capability to develop a thruster for commercial use..
|Naoji Yamamoto, Kohei Takase, Yuya Hirano, Kimiya Komurasaki, Akira Kakami, Ryudo Tsukizaki, Satoshi Hosoda, Hitoshi Kuninaka, Shigeru Yokota, Thrust Performance in a 5 kW Class Anode Layer Type Hall Thruster, Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan, http://doi.org/10.2322/tastj.14.Pb_183, 14, No. ists30 (ISTS Special Issue: Selected papers from the 30th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science), Pb_183-Pb_187, 2017.02.
|Indranuj Dey, Naoji Yamamoto, Hideki Nakashima, Effect of orifice diameter on the performance of a miniature microwave neutralizer, Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, 10.2322/tjsass.60.259, 60, 4, 259-262, 2017.01, A miniature electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) plasma source is operated as a neutralizer, and the effect of orifice diameter on the output is studied. The output is quite promising for accompanying 1-mN-class ion thrusters with an output ion-beam current of 12–15mA. The optimum orifice diameter is independent of neutral mass flow rate, implying that factors other than electron-neutral collisions are dominant. The variation in orifice diameter is expected to alter the microwave field boundary conditions inside discharge chamber (DC), and also influence the dc-electric field existing between the orifice and collector. The convolution of these two factors would be primarily responsible for the optimum orifice diameter..
|Masataka Iwamoto, Naoji Yamamoto, Taichi Morita, Hideki Nakashima, Kentaro Tomita, Kiichiro Uchino, Rayleigh scattering measurement of neutral atom number density downstream of a hall thruster under cold flow conditions, Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, 10.2322/tjsass.60.327, 60, 5, 327-330, 2017.01, The approach presented in a study uses the laser Rayleigh scattering technique. This is a non-intrusive method, and it does not disturb the plasma and neutral flow. Number densities can be measured quantitatively by calibration using 104 Pa nitrogen, so a complicated collisional-radiative model is not required. The Rayleigh scattering spectrum reflects the velocity distribution of the atoms, so propellant xenon atoms can be distinguished from the ambient xenon atoms. In addition, even when both ions and electrons are present, the neutral number density can be estimated, since the scattering spectrum is a convolution of Rayleigh and Thomson spectra..
|Koichi Ushio, Yuji Toyoda, Naoji Yamamoto, Taichi Morita, Hideki Nakashima, Development of a Miniature Microwave Discharge Thruster, Transactions of Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Space Technology Japan,, http://doi.org/10.2322/tastj.14.Pb_141, 14, pb_141-pb_147, 2016.12.
|Naoji Yamamoto, Takumi Ito, Haruki Takegahara, Hiroki Watanabe, Taichiro Tamida, Hiroyuki Osuga, Thrust Performance in Hall Thruster with Pulsating Operation, Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan, http://doi.org/10.2322/tastj.14.Pb_173, 14, No. ists30 (ISTS Special Issue: Selected papers from the 30th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science), Pb_173-Pb_176, 2016.12.
|Naoji Yamamoto, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Atsushi Kibe, Taichi Morita, Hideki Nakashima, Measurement of Aluminum Erosion Rate by Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy, Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan, http://doi.org/10.2322/tastj.14.Pb_111, 14, No. ists30 (ISTS Special Issue: Selected papers from the 30th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science), Pb_111-Pb_116 , 2016.11.
|Taichi Morita, Naoji Yamamoto, R. Kawashima, N. Saito, M. Edamoto, S. Fujioka, Y. Itadani, T. Johzaki, S. Miura, Y. Mori, H. Nishimura, A. Sunahara, A. Yogo, H. Nakashima, Plasma structure and energy dependence in a magnetic thrust chamber system, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 10.1088/1742-6596/717/1/012071, 717, 1, 2016.05, We demonstrate a magnetic thrust chamber system, in which an expanding plasma is controlled by an external magnetic field to produce a thrust. The plasma structure and energy dependences are discussed in terms of the drive laser energy and magnetic field strength. The density distribution from two different experiments show identical structure despite the laser energy is different by two order of magnitude when the ratio of magnetic field to plasma energy is more or less same. The experimental results indicate that this ratio is one of the essential factors to extrapolate the plasma dynamics for much larger energy such as inertial confinement fusion plasmas..
|A. Yamaguchi, A. Kibe, Naoji Yamamoto, Taichi Morita, Hiroshi Nakashima, M. Nakano, Erosion rate measurement in ion thrusters using Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy technique, Journal of Instrumentation, 10.1088/1748-0221/11/01/C01079, 11, 1, 2016.01, We have built a sputter erosion sensor using Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CRDS) for validating the numerical analysis tool called ''JIEDI tool''. In this paper, we measured the velocity distribution function of the aluminum atoms sputtered from an aluminum acceleration grid of the ion thruster. The experimentally obtained aluminum velocity distribution have been found to be compatible with those calculated by the numerical analysis method..
|Naoji Yamamoto, Yushi Maeda, Hideki Nakashima, Hiroki Watanabe, Ikkoh Funaki, Investigation of erosion and deposition in a microwave discharge neutralizer, Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, 10.2322/tjsass.59.100, 59, 2, 100-103, 2016.01, A one hundred hour test of a 100mA class microwave discharge neutralizer was performed to investigate the erosion rate and deposition in the neutralizer. The mass loss of each component (antenna, discharge chamber wall, front yoke, back yoke, insulator and orifice) was measured in diode mode (contact voltage of 50 V) at a constant incident microwave power of 8W and xenon mass flow rate of 49 μg/s. The measured erosion rates of the discharge chamber and the antenna were 180 μg/hr and 10 μg/hr, respectively. The element concentration of the deposited material on the back yoke and insulator were measured; the contamination on the insulator was found to contain 34% copper from the wall and 6% molybdenum from the antenna..
|Ryosuke Kawashima, Taichi Morita, Naoji Yamamoto, Naoya Saito, Shinsuke Fujioka, Hiroaki Nishimura, Hiraku Matsukuma, Atsushi Sunahara, Yoshitaka Mori, Tomoyuki Johzaki, Hideki Nakashima, The measurement of plasma structure in a magnetic thrust chamber, Plasma and Fusion Research, 10.1585/pfr.11.3406012, 11, 2, 2016.01, Magnetic thrust chamber is a propulsion system controlling plasma by a magnetic field and is expected as a propulsion system of laser fusion rocket. This rocket obtains thrust due to the interaction between plasma and magnetic field in the system. We examine the plasma structure in a magnetic thrust chamber by observing the light emission from the plasma with several magnetic field strength. The experiments imply that anisotropic plasma expansion is induced by the applied magnetic field and the velocity is decreased at the magnetic field above 0.67 T..
|Indranuj Dey, Yuji Toyoda, Naoji Yamamoto, Hideki Nakashima, Development of a miniature microwave electron cyclotron resonance plasma ion thruster for exospheric micro-propulsion, Review of Scientific Instruments, 10.1063/1.4937353, 86, 12, 2015.12, A miniature microwave electron cyclotron resonance plasma source [(discharge diameter)/(microwave cutoff diameter) < 0.3] has been developed at Kyushu University to be used as an ion thruster in micro-propulsion applications in the exosphere. The discharge source uses both radial and axial magnetostatic field confinement to facilitate electron cyclotron resonance and increase the electron dwell time in the volume, thereby enhancing plasma production efficiency. Performance of the ion thruster is studied at 3 microwave frequencies (1.2 GHz, 1.6 GHz, and 2.45 GHz), for low input powers (<15 W) and small xenon mass flow rates (<40 μg/s), by experimentally measuring the extracted ion beam current through a potential difference of ≅1200 V. The discharge geometry is found to operate most efficiently at an input microwave frequency of 1.6 GHz. At this frequency, for an input power of 8 W, and propellant (xenon) mass flow rate of 21 μg/s, 13.7 mA of ion beam current is obtained, equivalent to an calculated thrust of 0.74 mN..
|Naoya Saito, Hiroshi Tominaga, Ryosuke Kawashima, Taichi Morita, Naoji Yamamoto, Hideki Nakashima, Shinsuke FUJIOKA,, Atsushi SUNAHARA, Yoshitaka MORI,, Tomoyuki JOHZAKI, Acceleration of Miniature Targets by Kilo-Tesla Magnetic Field, TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES, AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN, 13, 17-21, 2015.06.
|Naoji Yamamoto, Haruki Takegahara, Junichiro Aoyagi, Kyoichi Kuriki, Taichiro Tamida, Hiroyuki Osuga, Development of a novel power processing unit for hall thrusters, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 10.1109/TPS.2014.2370066, 43, 1, 158-164, 2015.01, A newly developed power processing unit (PPU) offers the advantages of smaller size and lighter weight than conventional PPUs. The thrust performance of a magnetic layer type Hall thruster developed at Kyushu University with this new PPU was investigated; it showed a good performance as compared with conventional power supplies. The thrust to power ratio was improved to 58 mN/kW at discharge voltage of 150 V and anode xenon mass flow rate of 1.0 mg/s..
|Taichiro Tamida, Hiroyuki Osuga, Naoji Yamamoto, Haruki Takegahara, Junichiro Aoyagi, Kyoichi Kuriki, Performance improvement of Hall thrusters using a pulse-synchronous driver system, Journal of Propulsion and Power, 10.2514/1.B35273, 31, 3, 956-961, 2015.01, A new pulse-synchronous driver system is proposed for Hall thrusters.By applyingapulsating drive voltage with a frequency close to that of the discharge oscillation, the stable and synchronized operation of a Hall thruster can be realized. A pulsating boost chopper circuit is also proposed that is suitable for use as a pulse-synchronous drive and has many attractive features as the driver circuit for Hall thrusters. Moreover, it is demonstrated that the thrust performance is improved approximately 30% at 200 W input power by using the driver circuit. Pulse-synchronous driving isa new driving method optimized for thruster operation, and it is expected to become anessential technology for high-power Hall thrusters..
|Keisuke TANAKA, Ryosuke KAWASHIMA, Naoji Yamamoto, Taichi Morita, Hideki Nakashima , Diagnostics of Fireball by Discharge on the Surface of an Electrolyte Floating Particulates , Frontier of Applied Plasma Technology , 2015.01.
|Indranuj Dey, Yuji Toyoda, Naoji Yamamoto, Hideki Nakashima, Experimental investigation of microwave interaction with magnetoplasma in miniature multipolar configuration using impedance measurements, Physics of Plasmas, 10.1063/1.4894476, 21, 9, 2014.09, A miniature microwave plasma source employing both radial and axial magnetic fields for plasma confinement has been developed for micro-propulsion applications. Plasma is initiated by launching microwaves via a short monopole antenna to circumvent geometrical cutoff limitations. The amplitude and phase of the forward and reflected microwave power is measured to obtain the complex reflection coefficient from which the equivalent impedance of the plasma source is determined. Effect of critical plasma density condition is reflected in the measurements and provides insight into the working of the miniature plasma source. A basic impedance calculation model is developed to help in understanding the experimental observations. From experiment and theory, it is seen that the equivalent impedance magnitude is controlled by the coaxial discharge boundary conditions, and the phase is influenced primarily by the plasma immersed antenna impedance..
|I. Dey, Y. Toyoda, K. Hirano, N. Yamamoto, and H. Nakashima, Development of a Low Power Multipole Confined Microwave Plasma Ion Thruster, Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan,, http://dx.doi.org/10.2322/tastj.12.Pb_7, 12, No. ists29, Pb_7-Pb_12, 2014.03.
|B. C. Lee, W. Huang, L. Tao, Naoji Yamamoto, A. D. Gallimore, A. P. Yalin, A cavity ring-down spectroscopy sensor for real-time Hall thruster erosion measurements, Review of Scientific Instruments, 10.1063/1.4879135, 85, 5, 2014.01, A continuous-wave cavity ring-down spectroscopy sensor for real-time measurements of sputtered boron from Hall thrusters has been developed. The sensor uses a continuous-wave frequency-quadrupled diode laser at 250 nm to probe ground state atomic boron sputtered from the boron nitride insulating channel. Validation results from a controlled setup using an ion beam and target showed good agreement with a simple finite-element model. Application of the sensor for measurements of two Hall thrusters, the H6 and SPT-70, is described. The H6 was tested at power levels ranging from 1.5 to 10 kW. Peak boron densities of 10 ± 2 × 1014 m-3 were measured in the thruster plume, and the estimated eroded channel volume agreed within a factor of 2 of profilometry. The SPT-70 was tested at 600 and 660 W, yielding peak boron densities of 7.2 ± 1.1 × 1014 m-3, and the estimated erosion rate agreed within ∼20% of profilometry. Technical challenges associated with operating a high-finesse cavity in the presence of energetic plasma are also discussed..
|Akihiro Maeno, Tomoyuki Hinaga, Naoji Yamamoto, Atsushi Sunahara, Shinsuke Fujioka, Hideki Nakasima, Effect of magnetic field strength on a magnetic thrust chamber system, Journal of Propulsion and Power, 10.2514/1.B34911, 30, 1, 54-61, 2014.01, To confirm the validity of the modified numerical simulation performing a series of numerical simulations for highenergy laser injection onto a spherical target and the ablation plasma behavior in a magnetic field, the modified numerical simulation is compared with experiments and original numerical simulation. The modified numerical simulation consists of a one-dimensional Lagrangian radiation hydrodynamic code to calculate the creation process of laser-produced plasma and a three-dimensional hybrid particle-in-cell code. The original numerical simulation does not consider the creation process. The measured impulse bit due to the interaction between the diamagnetic current in a laser-produced plasma and the magnetic field generated by neodymium permanent magnets is 2.42 ± 0.23 μN · s. The calculated impulse bit in the modified and original numerical simulations is 10.3 and 72.7 μN · s, respectively. These results reveal that the modified numerical simulation models closer to the experiment than the original numerical simulation. In addition, to investigate the effect of the magnetic field strength on the plasma behavior in a magnetic thrust chamber system for a laser fusion rocket, the modified numerical simulation is performed. As a result, it is revealed that there is an approximation region of the magnetic field strength for high thrust performance..
|Kentaro Hirata, Kenichiro Furumoto, Naoji Yamamoto, Tetsuo Tanabe, Application of pulsed laser irradiation for removal of hydrogen retained in tungsten, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2013.07.047, 443, 1-3, 298-301, 2013.08, For the purpose of removal of tritium retained in tungsten (W), pulsed laser irradiation has been applied. The laser light used here was the fourth harmonic of Nd: YAG laser (wavelength; 266 nm, pulse width; 20 ps, pulse frequency; 10 Hz, laser energy up to 3 mJ/pulse). Samples were pure W plates and those saturated with D by D2+ ion implantation at room temperature with using a 2.5 keV ion gun. Released ions and molecules by the laser irradiation were measured by a time-of-flight mass spectrometer (TOFMS) and a quadrupole mass spectrometer (Q-mass), respectively. Ablation of W was observed by the laser irradiation with a deposited power density above 1.5 × 1011 W/cm2 (3 J/cm2/pulse) (an ablation threshold) and D removals below and above the ablation threshold were quite different. The most effective removal of tritium retained in W could be realized by the pulsed laser irradiation with the power density of just below the ablation threshold..
|Akihiro Maeno, Naoji Yamamoto, Shinsuke Fujioka, Yoshitaka Mori, Atsushi Sunahara, Tomoyuki Johzaki, Hideki Nakashima, Analysis of laser wavelength and energy dependences of the impulse in a magnetic thrust chamber system for a laser fusion rocket, Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, 10.2322/tjsass.56.170, 56, 3, 170-172, 2013.05, Experiments using a pendulum thrust stand are performed to determine the dependences of the impulse on the laser wavelength and energy in a magnetic thrust chamber system for a laser fusion rocket. The impulse is generated by the interaction between a diamagnetic current in a laser-produced plasma and a magnetic field. The plasma is produced by irradiating a spherical polyacetal target with a single-beam glass laser (laser pulse duration: 1.3 ns; laser wavelengths: 1,053, 527 and 351 nm; laser energy: 30-900 J). The magnetic field is generated by a cylindrical neodymium permanent magnet (50mm diameter and 40mm long) placed in a position 33mm from the target. Impulses in the range 0.02- 10 mNs are measured using a pendulum thrust stand. The experiments reveal that the impulse for 2ω is similar to that for 3ω, and is larger than that for ω..
|Masato Yasunaga, Akihiro Maeno, Naoji Yamamoto, Hideki Nakashima, Demonstration Experiment of Magnetic Thrust Chamber for a Laser Fusion Rocket, Transactions of Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Space Technology Japan,, http://dx.doi.org/10.2322/tastj.10.Pb_109, 2013.02.
|Shinsuke Fujioka, Zhe Zhang, Kazuhiro Ishihara, Keisuke Shigemori, Youichiro Hironaka, Tomoyuki Johzaki, Atsushi Sunahara, Naoji Yamamoto, Hideki Nakashima, Tsuguhiro Watanabe, Hiroyuki Shiraga, Hiroaki Nishimura, Hiroshi Azechi, Kilotesla magnetic field due to a capacitor-coil target driven by high power laser, Scientific Reports, 10.1038/srep01170, 3, 2013.02, Laboratory generation of strong magnetic fields opens new frontiers in plasma and beam physics, astro-and solar-physics, materials science, and atomic and molecular physics. Although kilotesla magnetic fields have already been produced by magnetic flux compression using an imploding metal tube or plasma shell, accessibility at multiple points and better controlled shapes of the field are desirable. Here we have generated kilotesla magnetic fields using a capacitor-coil target, in which two nickel disks are connected by a U-turn coil. A magnetic flux density of 1.5 kT was measured using the Faraday effect 650 μm away from the coil, when the capacitor was driven by two beams from the GEKKO-XII laser (at 1 kJ (total), 1.3 ns, 0.53 or 1 μm, and 5 × 10 16 W/cm2)..
|Kenichiro Furumoto, Tetsuo Tanabe, Naoji Yamamoto, Takeshi Daio, Syo Matsumura, Kazuhiro Yasuda, Development of novel optical fiber system for cathodoluminescence detection in high voltage transmission electron microscope, Materials Transactions, 10.2320/matertrans.M2013025, 54, 5, 854-856, 2013, We have installed a new system to observe cathodoluminescence (CL) in a high voltage transmission electron microscope (HVTEM). The system is constructed of a ball lens for collection of CL, an optical fiber and a multi-channel optical detector. The system can be operated without any disturbance of TEM observation. The system was proved to be very useful to observe CL in HVTEM and will be a powerful tool to investigate production mechanisms of luminescence centers by observing CL changes with incident electron energy and flux (displacement damage effect), and temperature, together with simultaneous TEM observations of microstructure changes..
|Akihiro MAENO, Yoshihiro KAJIMURA, Atsushi SUNAHAR, Naoji Yamamoto, Masato YASUNAG, omoyuki HINAGA, Tomonari HANAYA, Shinsuke FUJIOKA, Tomoyuki JOHZAKI, Yoshitaka MORI, Hideki Nakashima, Numerical Analysis of Magnetic Thrust Chamber System for Laser Fusion Rocket Considering the Creation Process of Laser-Produced Plasma, TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES, AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN, http://dx.doi.org/10.2322/tastj.10.Pb_71, 2012.08.
|Naoji Yamamoto, Yoshiaki Hiraoka, Kensaku Sugita, Tomoaki Kurita, Kentaro Tomita, Kiichiro Uchino, Hideki Nakashima, Thomson Scattering Diagnostics in the Plasma of an Ion Thruster, TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES, SPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN, 10.2322/tastj.10.Pb_79, 10, 28, Pb_79-Pb_83, 2012.08, In order to validate the grid erosion evaluation code for the lifetime validation of ion thrusters, the electron number density/temperature in the vicinity of a screen gird in a 30 W class microwave discharge ion thruster were measured by means of laser Thomson scattering (LTS) technique. A photon counting method and a triple grating spectrometer were used against a small Thomson scattering signal and a strong stray laser light. Observed Thomson scattering spectrum tells that the electron energy distribution function was Maxwellian. From this spectrum and the Rayleigh scattering calibration using nitrogen gas, electron number density and electron temperature were calculated to be (3.8±0.2)×1017m-3 and 6.2±0.1 eV, respectively at incident microwave power of 8 W and krypton mass flow rate of 6.2 μg/s. The ion saturation currents estimated from the LTS measurement are in good agreement with ion beam currents through the screen grid for several conditions. These results show that LTS technique is a useful non-intrusive tool for measuring plasma property in the vicinity of the screen grid..
|Naoji Yamamoto, KENTARO TOMITA, Kensaku Sugita, Tomoaki Kurita, Hideki Nakashima, Kiichiro Uchino, Measurement of xenon plasma properties in an ion thruster using laser Thomson scattering technique, REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, 10.1063/1.4737144, 83, 7, 2012.07.
|Naoji YAMAMOTO , Toru EZAKI and Hideki NAKASHIMA, Thrust performance of a low power Hall thruster, Transactions of Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Space Technology Japan,, 9, ists28, 2012.05.
|Hiroyuki Osuga, Fujio Kurokawa, Taichiro Tamida, Naoji Yamamoto, High efficiency control method for the hall thruster system through constant flow rate control by power supply control, IEICE Transactions on Communications, 10.1587/transcom.E95.B.133, E-95-B, 1, 133-142, 2012.01, We present a new power supply control method, which achieves constant flow Rate control for the thrust of a 20 mN-class Hall thruster. First, we present observations of a 20mN-class Hall thruster with oscillation-mode-map. We make a theoretical study of the thrust and experiments on electrical characteristics of the Hall thruster, and conclude that thrust, thrust efficiency and low frequency oscillation are clearly determined by the external control parameters, anode voltage, gas flow rate, and magnetic flux density. Second, we discuss how to control the power supplies to suppress the power consumption, especially when the operation or thruster conditions change temporarily during use. The new method will be a very important guideline for Hall thruster system design and operation, in particular making it easy to manage the power consumption in a satellite by controlling the thrust resources. As a result of performance experiments for a 20mN-class Hall thruster, over 36% thrust efficiency of the Hall thruster was found to be sensitive to the anode voltage and applied magnetic flux density. The new power control method achieves constant flow rate control method of the thrust. The benefits are light weight and low cost..
|Akihiro Maeno, Naoji Yamamoto, Hideki Nakashima, Shinsuke Fujioka, Tomoyuki Johzaki, Yoshitaka Mori, Atsushi Sunahara, Direct measurement of the impulse in a magnetic thrust chamber system for laser fusion rocket, Applied Physics Letters, 10.1063/1.3626600, 99, 7, 2011.08, An experiment is conducted to measure an impulse for demonstrating a magnetic thrust chamber system for laser fusion rocket. The impulse is produced by the interaction between plasma and magnetic field. In the experiment, the system consists of plasma and neodymium permanent magnets. The plasma is created by a single-beam laser aiming at a polystyrene spherical target. The impulse is 1.5 to 2.2 μNs by means of a pendulum thrust stand, when the laser energy is 0.7 J. Without magnetic field, the measured impulse is found to be zero. These results indicate that the system for generating impulse is working..
|N. Yamamoto, L. Tao, A. P. Yalin, Development of Real-time Erosion Monitoring System for Hall Thrusters by Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy, Transactions of Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Space Technology Japan,, 8, ists27, pp.Pb_39-Pb_44., 2011.03.
|T. Ezaki, N. Yamamoto, T. Tsuru, Y. Kotani, H. Nakashima, N. Yamasaki, K. Tomita, and K. Uchino, Plasma Properties in a Miniature Microwave Discharge Ion Thruster, Transactions of Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Space Technology Japan,, 8, ists27, pp.Pb_39-Pb_44., 2011.03.
|N. Yamamoto, J Shimokawatoko, M. Oya and H. Nakashima, Temperature Measurement in a Radio Frequency Electro-thermal Thruster by Integrated Cavity Output Spectroscopy, Frontier of Applied Plasma Technology, 4, 1, pp.12-15, 2011.01.
|N Yamamoto, K Tomita, N Yamasaki, T Tsuru, T Ezaki, Y Kotani, K Uchino and H Nakashima, Measurements of electron density and temperature in a miniature microwave discharge ion thruster using laser Thomson scattering technique,and Technology, Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 10.1088/0963-0252/19/4/045009, 19, 4, 045009, 2010.06.
|Kentaro Tomita, Naoji Yamamoto, Yamasaki Naoto, Tsuru Teppei, Kiichiro Uchino, Nakashima Hideki, Thomson-scattering diagnostics of plasmas produced in a miniature microwave discharge ion engine, Journal of Propulsion and Power, 10.2514/1.39145, 26, 2, 381-383, 2010.03, A study was conducted to measure plasma properties by laser Thomson scattering (LTS) to understand the physics inside this engine. The photon-counting method with a double monochromator was used to overcome the difficulties of applying the method to the plasma produced in the miniature microwave ion engine. Microwave power at 2.45 GHz was fed through a coaxial line and into an antenna in the engine. The screen grid and the ion source body were biased at +1500 V relative to ground and the acceleration grid was biased at -300 V. The primary electrons were confined in the mirrorlike magnetic field formed between the central and front yokes, gaining energy from microwave emission by electron cyclotron resonance heating. Two small holes to inject the laser and another hole collect scattering light were made to measure the plasma inside the discharge chamber..
|N. Yamamoto, L. Tao,B. Rubin, J.D. Williams and A.P. Yalin, Sputter Erosion Sensor for Anode Layer-Type Hall Thrusters Using Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy, Journal of Propulsion and Power, 10.2514/1.44784, 26, 1, pp.142-148, Vol. 22, pp.925-928,, 2010.01.
|N. Yamamoto, L. Tao, and A.P. Yalin, Single-mode delivery of 250 nm light using a large mode area photonic crystal fiber, Optics Express, 10.1364/OE.17.016933, 17, 19, pp.16933-16940, 2009.12, [URL].
|Naoji YAMAMOTO, Makoto MIYOSHI, Yoshiyuki TAKAO and Hideki NAKASHIMA, Development of a Microwave Discharge Ion Thruster Using Argon, TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES,SPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN, 10.2322/tstj.7.Pb_119, 7, ists26, pp.Pb_119-Pb_124, 2009.05.
|Yoshiyuki TAKAO, Akihiro KUGIMIYA, Shinobu NAGAI, Naoji YAMAMOTO, Yoshihiro KAJIMURA and Hideki NAKASHIMA, Study of 2.5-10cm Size Microwave Discharge Ion Thruster, TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES, SPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN, 10.2322/tstj.7.Pb_155, 7, ists26, pp.Pb_155-Pb_158, 2009.05.
|Naoji YAMAMOTO, Azer P.YALIN, Lei TAO, Timothy B. SMITH, Alec D. GALLIMORE and Yoshihiro ARAKAWA, Development of Real-time Boron Nitride Erosion Monitoring System for Hall Thrusters by Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy, TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES,SPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN, 10.2322/tstj.7.Pb_1, 7, ists26, pp. pb_1-pb_6, 2009.04.
|Yamamoto, N., Yalin, A. P., Tao, L., Smith, T. B., Gallimore, A. D. and Arakawa, Y.,, Development of Real-time Boron Nitride Erosion Monitoring System for Hall Thrusters by Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy, Transactions of Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Space Technology Japan,, 10.2322/tstj.7.Pb_1, 7, ists26, pp. pb_1-pb_6, 2009.04.
|Y. Kajimura, T. Kanagawa, N. Yamamoto, H. Nakashima,, Numerical Analysis of the Plasma Behavior in a Miniature Microwave Discharge Ion Thruster, AIP(American Institute of Physics) Conference Proceedings, 2009.01.
|L. Tao, N. Yamamoto, A.P. Yalin, Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy Sensor for Ion Beam Etch Monitoring and End-Point Detection of Multilayer Structures, Review of Scientific Instruments, 10.1063/1.2995765, Volume 79, 115107, 2008.12.
|Dependence of Thruster Configuration on Thrust Performance in Miniature Ion Thruster.
|A. P. Yalin, L. Tao, Naoji Yamamoto, Sputtering measurements by cavity ring-down spectroscopy and application to electric propulsion and plasma engineering, Quaternary International, 2008, We describe the use of cavity ring-down spectroscopy for measurement of number densities of sputtered particles. Applications for thruster characterization in electric propulsion and process monitoring in plasma engineering are discussed..
|Naoji Yamamoto, Shinya Kondo, Takayuki Chikaoka, Hirokazu Masui and Hideki Nakashima, Effects of Magnetic Field Configuration on Thrust Performance in A Miniature Microwave Discharge Ion Thruster, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS., 10.1063/1.2822456, 102, 123304, 2007.12.
|T.Kanagawa, H.Masui, N.Yamamoto, H.Nakashima, Numerical Analysis for Effect of Magnetic Field Configuration on the Trust Performance in a Miniature Ion Engine, Proc. of the 6th International Symposium on Applied Plasma Science,, Vol. 6, pp.89-92., 2007.09.
|Masashi Oya, Naoji Yamamoto, Shinji Ogawa, Yoshihiro Kajimura, and Hideki Nakashima, Energy Balance in a Radio Frequency Electrothermal Thruster with Water Propellant, Proc. of the 6th International Symposium on Applied Plasma Science,, Vol. 6, pp.101-105, 2007.09.
|N. Yamamoto, S. Kondo, T. Kanagawa, T. Chikaoka, K. Yoshihiro, H. Nakashima, Development of Miniature Microwave Discharge Ion Thruster, Proceedings of the VI-th International Workshop on Microwave Discharges: Fundamentals and Applications,, pp.211-215, pp.211-216, 2006.12.
|Takayuki Chikaoka, Shinya Kondo, Naoji Yamamoto, Hideki Nakashima, Yoshiyuki Takao,, Magnetic Field Configuration Effects on Thrust Performance of Miniature Microwave Discharge Ion Engine, Proc. of the 25th Int. Symposium on Space Technology and Science, pp. 254-258, pp. 254-259, 2006.12.
|Yoshiyuki Takao, Hiroshi Kataharada, Takashi Miyamoto, Hirokazu Masui, Naoji Yamamoto and Hideki Nakashima,, Performance Test of Micro Ion Thruster using Microwave Discharge,, Vacuum, 80, 11月12日, pp. 1239-1243, Volume 80, Issues 11-12, Pages 1239-1243,, 2006.09.
|H. Masui, Y. Tashiro, N. Yamamoto, H. Nakashima, I. Funaki, Analysis of Electron and Microwave Behaviors in Microwave Discharge Neutralizer,, Trans. Jpn. Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences,, Vol.49, No.164, pp.87-93,, 2006.08.
|N. Yamamoto, H. Masui, H. Kataharada, H. Nakashima, Y. Takao,, Antenna Configuration Effects on Thrust Performance of Miniature Microwave Discharge Ion Engine, J. Propulsion and Power,, 10.2514/1.18833, Vol. 22, pp.925-928,, 2006.07.
|H. Kataharada, Y. Takao, N. Yamamoto, H. Ijiri, H. Nakashima, Development of Small Microwave Discharge Ion Thruster, Thin Solid Films, Vol.506-507, pp.605-608,, 2006.03.
|Naoji YAMAMOTO, Shigeru YOKOTA, Keiko WATANABE, Akihiro SASOH, Kimiya KOMURASAKI, Yoshihiro ARAKAWA, Suppression of Discharge Current Oscillations in a Hall Thruster, Transactions of The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, 10.2322/tjsass.48.169, 48, 161, 169-174, Vol.48 No.161,, 2005.11.
|Naoji Yamamoto, Kimiya Komurasaki and Yoshihiro Arakawa, Discharge Current Oscillation in Hall Thrusters, JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER, 10.2514/1.12759, 21, 5, 870-876, Vol.21, No.5, september-October, 2005, pp.870-876, 2005.09.
|Naoji Yamamoto, Shigeru Yokota, Makoto Matsui and Kimiya Komurasaki,Yoshihiro Arakawa, MEASUREMENT OF EROSION RATE BY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY IN A HALL THRUSTER, Review of Scientific Instruments, 10.1063/1.2001630, 76, 8, Volume 76, Issue 8, 083111, 2005.08.
|Y. Takao, T. Miyamoto, H. Kataharada, H. Nakashima, H. Masui, T. Kai, H. Ijiri, Y. Mori, N. Yamamoto,, Development of Small-Scale Ion Thruster Utilizing Microwave Discharge Plasma, Proc. of the 24th Int. Symposium on Space Technology and Science,, pp.161-165, pp.161-166, 2004.12.
|T. Miyamoto, N. Yamamoto, H. Ijiri, Y. Takao, H. Nakashima, Development of a Microwave Discharge Ion Engine by Using Monopole Antennas,, Proc. of the 24th Int. Symposium on Space Technology and Science, pp.137-141, pp.137-142, 2004.12.
|N. Yamamoto, K. Watanabe, A. Sasoh, K. Komurasaki, Y. Arakawa, Control of Discharge Current Oscillations in Hall Thrusters, Proc. of the 24th Int. Symposium on Space Technology and Science,, pp. 191 -195, pp. 191 -196, 2004.12.
|Number Density Measurement of Oxygen Atoms in a Hall-Type Ion Source
Naoji YAMAMOTO, Takafumi NAKAGAWA, Makoto MATSUI, Kimiya KOMURASAKI
and Yoshihiro ARAKAWA.
|Experimental Investigation of a Hall Thruster using Oxygen as the propellant
Takafumi NAKAGAWA, Naoji YAMAMOTO, Makoto MATSUI, Kimiya KOMURASAKI
and Yoshihiro ARAKAWA.
|Operating Characteristics of an Anode Layer Type Hall Thruster.
|Ion Beam Characteristics in Hall Accelerators Using Oxygen Gas
Naoji YAMAMOTO, Takafumi NAKAGAWA, Kimiya KOMURASAKI and Yoshihiro ARAKAWA.
|Yamamoto N., Nakagawa T., Komurasaki K. and Arakawa Y.,, Effect of Discharge Oscillations on Hall Thruster Performance, Proceedings of the 23rd International Symposium on Space Technology and Science,, pp.319-324, 2002.10.
|Naoji Yamamoto, Takafumi Nakagawa, Kimiya Komurasaki, Yoshihiro Arakawa, Discharge plasma fluctuations in hall thrusters, Vacuum, 10.1016/S0042-207X(01)00445-6, 65, 3-4, 375-381, 2002.05, Characteristics of plasma fluctuations at the frequencies 10-100 kHz in Hall thrusters were investigated since the fluctuations might affect not only its performance but also its lifetime. Measured fluctuation characteristics varied with magnetic flux density of the applied field and they were categorized into the four regimes. Since the electron mobility strongly depends on applied field strength, it was thought that electrons would play an important role on this oscillation. Therefore, the oscillation model derived from ionization instability considering electron mobility was proposed. The predicted stable/unstable operating condition map agreed well with the measured one..
|Relation between Discharge Oscillations and Performance in Hall Accelerators
Naoji YAMAMOTO, Takafumi NAKAGAWA, Kimiya KOMURASAKI, and Yoshihiro ARAKAWA.
|Yamamoto N., Nakagawa T., Komurasaki K. and Arakawa Y.,, Observation of Plasma Fluctuations in Hall Accelerators, Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Applied Plasma Science, Advances in Applied Plasma Science, Vol. 3, (2001), pp.95-100, 2001.07.
|Discharge Oscillations in Hall Thrusters
Naoji Yamamoto, Kimiya Komurasaki, and Yoshihiro Arakawa.
|Yamamoto N., Momo, S, Komurasaki K. and Arakawa Y.,, Discharge-current Oscillations in Hall Thrusters, Proceedings of the 22nd International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, pp.349-353, pp.349-354, 2000.10.
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Eritrean singer Asayel Slay is targeted by the governor of the holy city of Islam. The video enhances their courage and defines them as "cotton candy". For the authorities "it offends customs and traditions" and "contradicts identity and traditions". The controversy between the artist's critics and defenders breaks out online.
Mecca (AsiaNews / Agencies) - The Saudi authorities allegedly stopped and detained a local musician and rapper for celebrating the women of Mecca - the holy city of Islam - in a video, calling them "beautiful and powerful ". In the front row of the repression campaign, the governor of the city, who cried out for the arrest of Asayel Slay and the other people involved in the production of the video.
In a music video relaunched online and entitled "The girls of Mecca", the artist wearing the traditional veil and a large pair of glasses to hide his face enhances the courage of the women who live in the holy city and defines them as "cotton candy ". In a note relaunched on social media, the local governor Prince Khalid bin Faisal "ordered the arrest" of all the people responsible for the song that "offends customs and traditions" and "contradicts identity and traditions".
In the song, which has been removed from the artist's YouTube channel and which is now off-line, Asayel Slay describes the pride of belonging to a city he calls home. " Our respect to other girls but the Mecca girl is sugar candy," a hijab-wearing Slay raps in the clip, filmed in a cafe with both young girls and boys as backup dancers.
The video and the harsh response from the governor triggered a controversy on social media, with the internet users divided between those who condemn and those who defend the right to freedom of expression. " Who gave this foreigner the right to speak about Saudi Arabian women in general and specifically about girls of Mecca?" it reads in a tweet. "The whole area is sacred. Ruled by Islamic law. It's not made for trash music,"adds another user.
Others defend the singer, accusing the Saudi government of faking openings by inviting international artists to the country, and then requesting his arrest for their music. "Sad affair" writes a commentator, according to whom "#AsayelSlay celebrates music and life in a positive way" and now "is in trouble with the Saudi police". This, the message concludes, is "madness".
According to a local source, relaunched by the Saudi newspaper Erem, "the artist was arrested" on February 20 last and held for a few days, before being released on the evening of 24. However, at the moment it is not clear whether "the release is outright" or if it remains "under investigation by the judiciary " pending further developments.
Saudi Arabia is governed by an absolute Sunni monarchy, based on a Wahhabi fundamentalist view of Islam.
Over the past two years, the Crown Prince's social reforms included granting women the right to drive cars and to attend sporting events in designated areas of stadiums.
However, the authorities have also cracked down on senior officials, business people, activists and critical voices, most notably in the Jamal Khashoggi affair, raising questions about the real extent of change.