I am looking for someone who would like to collaborate for a small scientific/technological project, which I am doing as kind of a hobby in my spare time (so there is actually no money or job offer involved but there might be some publishable results if the simulations go well).

I have proposed a life support system for long term space journeys and especially manned Mars mission. The system uses plasma dissociation of carbon dioxide and has the possibility to produce useful carbon based materials in the process. I published the first paper about that a year ago and now I have submitted a second manuscript with focus on suitable materials, more quantitative calculations about the oxygen production capacity and optimised geometry.

The next step should be detailed simulations of the plasma potential, plasma density, electron temperature,... and, of course the dissociation rates of the plasma inside the reactor with good spatial resolution. However, I am not really a numerics guy and I have reached my limits with analytical calculations.

So, if someone is capable of doing such simulations and enthusiastic enough to work with me just for the fun of it (and, of course, helping with scientific and technological advances), please write me a short message here on RG with a small summary about your expertise and why you would like to collaborate on this.

Thanks in advance and hope to hear from you

Johannes

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