Isabel Tanarro

Isabel Tanarro

Ph. D. in Physics , 1983

Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

Scientific Researcher
Department of Molecular Physics
Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC.
Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid
Phone: 34 91 5901605 (direct) or
34 91 561 68 00 ext. 1014 or 2006 or 1007
FAX: 34 91 564 55 57

Email: itanarro@iem.cfmac.csic.es

Current Research Interests:

Diagnostic and kinetic modelling of cold plasmas.

Most of visible matter in the Universe is in the form of plasma. Plasmas make up stars and planetary ionospheres and are of relevance in a number of technological processes and in controlled nuclear fusion studies. Our research is aimed at the experimental diagnostics (emission spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, electrical probes) and kinetic modelling of cold plasmas (having fast electrons, but room temperature neutrals). We employ DC discharges produced in hollow cathode cells. Thus far we have concentrated on plasmas of nitrogen oxides and air (related to the earth’s ionosphere), and also in plasmas of hydrogen with admixtures of methane and/or nitrogen . This last kind of plasmas is of interest in controlled fusion devices and the investigation is performed in cooperation with the Fusion Division of CIEMAT

Dynamics of reactive and inelastic collisions.

Bimolecular collisions drive chemical processes and energy transfer in the gas phase and are thus determinant for the properties of atmospheres, combustion media or interstellar clouds. We are interested in the theoretical (classical and quantum mechanical) and experimental (molecular beams and lasers) study of elementary gas phase reactive and inelastic collisions. We have concentrated on prototypic atom-diatom systems (H+H2, F+H2, O(1D)+H2, CO+He…) for which a comparison of precise theoretical calculations and high resolution experimental measurements is most meaningful. Special attention has been paid to the study of relaxation in free jets. This research is performed in close collaboration with the Department of Chemical Physics I of the Universidad Complutense, Madrid .

Publications : Scientific Journals , Books

Recent Conferences

Last update: 22/11/2011