A Survey of Current Operations-Ready Thermospheric Density Models for Drag Modeling in LEO Operations

In Low Earth Orbit (LEO), atmospheric drag is the largest contributor to trajectory prediction error. The current thermospheric density model used by the Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC) in operations is the High Accuracy Satellite Drag Model (HASDM). Since HASDM is not available for use outside of the US Government, satellite operators...

Adiabatic Quantum Pumping at the Josephson Frequency

Effects and detection of quantum noise

This thesis is about random fluctuations over time (or noise) of electric currents and voltages occuring in small (mesoscopic) electronic devices with typical sizes of micro- to nanometre. Even though the theory presented is of a more general nature, research into such systems has been greatly pushed forward by the prospect of building a quantum...

Quantum tunneling detection of two-photon and two-electron processes

Inelastic interaction corrections and universal relations for full counting statistics in a quantum contact

Towards experimental observation of full counting statistics

We discuss how threshold detectors can be used for a direct measurement of the full counting statistics (FCS) of current fluctuations and how to implement Josephson junctions in this respect. We propose a scheme to characterize the full counting statistics from the current dependence of the escape rate measured. We illustrate the scheme with...

Josephson Junctions as Threshold Detectors for Full Counting Statistics