Pierre Mariotto Researcher, EM2C lab, CNRS, CentraleSupélec

Identifiants chercheurs

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mariotto-pierre

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0000-0003-3057-426X

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275830381

Présentation

I am a researcher at Laboratoire EM2C (CentraleSupélec, Paris-Saclay University), specialized in the modeling of nonequilibrium plasmas for aerospace and energy applications. My work bridges the gap between fundamental plasma physics and engineering applications. My research focuses on three primary areas:

Aerospace Re-entry:

I develop collisional-radiative (CR) models to predict the extreme heat loads spacecraft face during planetary entry. This involves simulating the population of radiative quantum states of gases such as N and N₂ in the afterbody wake of a vehicle, with the aim of improving thermal protection designs.

Nanosecond Discharges:

I study the chemistry and hydrodynamics of Nanosecond Repetitively Pulsed (NRP) sparks.

Advanced Radiation Modeling:

I develop high-accuracy Non-Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium (NLTE) radiation models for diatomic and polyatomic molecules. My expertise includes implementing Line-by-Line (LBL) approaches and Statistical Narrow Band (SNB) models to simulate complex radiative transfers in high-temperature gases.

Collisional-radiative models:

Mariotto, P. B. “Kinetics of Nonequilibrium Recombining Nitrogen-Argon Plasmas.” Ph.D. thesis, Paris-Saclay University, 2023

Minesi, Nicolas Q., Pierre B. Mariotto, Erwan Pannier, Axel Vincent-Randonnier, Gabi Daniel Stancu, and Christophe O. Laux. “Kinetic Mechanism and Sub-Ns Measurements of the Thermal Spark in Air.” Plasma Sources Science and Technology 32, no. 4 (2023): 044005

Line-by-line radiation models:

McGuire, Sean D., Carolyn Jacobs, Pierre B. Mariotto, Corentin H. C. Grimaldi, Augustin Tibère-Inglesse, and Christophe O. Laux. “Measurements and Modeling of Air Plasma Radiation in the VUV.” Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer 37, no. 4 (2023): 821–32

McGuire, S. D., A. C. Tibère-Inglesse, P. B. Mariotto, B. A. Cruden, and C. O. Laux. “Measurements and Modeling of CO4th Positive (A–X) Radiation.” Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 245 (April 2020): 106855

Reduced-order models for nanosecond discharges and post-discharges:

Roger, Edouard, Pierre Mariotto, and Christophe O. Laux. “An Engineering Model for Temperature and Pressure Evolution during and after Nanosecond Discharges.” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, ahead of print, January 19, 2026

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Publications

Article dans une revue (11)

An engineering model for temperature and pressure evolution during and after nanosecond discharges Edouard Roger,Pierre Mariotto,Christophe Laux Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2026, 59 (7), pp.075202. ⟨10.1088/1361-6463/ae39e6⟩ Article dans une revue hal-05474737v1
Origin of the Recirculation Flow Pattern Induced by Nanosecond Discharges and Criterion for its Development Edouard Roger,Pierre Mariotto,Christophe O Laux Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, In press, ⟨10.1088/1361-6463/adb1f0⟩ Article dans une revue hal-04934386v1
Kinetic mechanism and sub-ns measurements of the thermal spark in air Nicolas Q Minesi,Pierre B Mariotto,Erwan Pannier,Axel Vincent-Randonnier,Gabi Daniel Stancuet al. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 2023, ⟨10.1088/1361-6595/acc9da⟩ Article dans une revue hal-04061759v2
Measurements and Modeling of Air Plasma Radiation in the VUV Sean Mcguire,Carolyn Jacobs,Pierre Bruno Mariotto,Corentin Grimaldi,Augustin Tibère-Inglesseet al. Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 2023, 37 (4), pp.821-832. ⟨10.2514/1.T6768⟩ Article dans une revue hal-04222416v1
Measurements and analysis of rotational temperatures obtained with Raman and optical emission spectroscopy in a nonequilibrium nitrogen plasma Augustin Tibère-Inglesse,Sean Mcguire,Pierre Mariotto,Christophe O Laux Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 2021, 30 (12), pp.125019. ⟨10.1088/1361-6595/ac2223⟩ Article dans une revue hal-03694591v1
Experimental study of recombining nitrogen plasmas: II. Electronic population distributions and nonequilibrium radiation of atoms Augustin Tibère-Inglesse,Sean Mcguire,Pierre Mariotto,Christophe O Laux Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 2021, 30 (12), pp.125020. ⟨10.1088/1361-6595/ac2221⟩ Article dans une revue hal-03694587v1
The role of excited electronic states in ambient air ionization by a nanosecond discharge Nicolas Minesi,Pierre Mariotto,Erwan Pannier,Gabi D. Stancu,Christophe O Laux Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 2021, ⟨10.1088/1361-6595/abe0a3⟩ Article dans une revue hal-03123580v1
Measurements and modeling of CO 4th positive (A -X) radiation Sean Mcguire,Augustin Tibère-Inglesse,Pierre Mariotto,Brett A Cruden,Christophe O. Laux Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 2020, 245, pp.106855. ⟨10.1016/j.jqsrt.2020.106855⟩ Article dans une revue hal-02494147v1
Fully ionized nanosecond discharges in air: the thermal spark Nicolas Minesi,S Stepanyan,Pierre Mariotto,Gabi Daniel Stancu,Christophe Laux Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 2020, ⟨10.1088/1361-6595/ab94d3⟩ Article dans une revue hal-02614662v1
Experimental study of recombining nitrogen plasmas: I. Vibronic population distributions and nonequilibrium molecular radiation Augustin Tibère-Inglesse,Sean Mcguire,Pierre Mariotto,Christophe O. Laux Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 2019, 28 (7), pp.075018. ⟨10.1088/1361-6595/ab2cc4⟩ Article dans une revue hal-02494227v1
Validation cases for recombining nitrogen and air plasmas Augustin Tibère-Inglesse,Sean Mcguire,Pierre Mariotto,Christophe Laux Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 2018, 27 (11), pp.115010. ⟨10.1088/1361-6595/aada61⟩ Article dans une revue hal-01866252v1

Communication dans un congrès (15)

Source of the Recirculation Induced by Nanosecond Discharges Edouard Roger,P Mariotto,Christophe O Laux AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Jan 2025, Orlando (Florida), United States. ⟨10.2514/6.2025-2824⟩ Communication dans un congrès hal-04934431v1
Characterization of N₂/CH₄ Plasma Emission Cyrine Merhaben,P Mariotto,Christophe O Laux,Sean Mcguire AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum, Jan 2025, Orlando (FL), United States. ⟨10.2514/6.2025-2158⟩ Communication dans un congrès hal-04939847v1
Kinetics of the Electronic States of Molecular Nitrogen in a Recombining Air/Argon Plasma Ulysse Dubuet,Pierre Mariotto,Marie-Yvonne Perrin,Christophe O Laux AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Jan 2022, San Diego, CA (en ligne), United States. ⟨10.2514/6.2022-1637⟩ Communication dans un congrès hal-03579548v1
Investigation Into Equilibrium UV/Vis Radiation From Shock Tube And Plasma Torch Facilities For Atmospheric Pressure Air Alex B. Glenn,Peter L. Collen,Carolyn Jacobs,P Mariotto,Christophe O Lauxet al. 9th International Workshop on Radiation of High Temperature Gases for Space Missions, European Space Agency, Sep 2022, Santa Maria, Azores, Portugal Communication dans un congrès hal-04472357v1
Measurements and modeling of high temperature air emission Sean Mcguire,Carolyn Jacobs,Pierre Mariotto,Corentin Grimaldi,Christophe Laux AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum, Jan 2022, San Diego, United States. ⟨10.2514/6.2022-2397⟩ Communication dans un congrès hal-04472405v1
Ionization Mechanism in a Thermal Spark Discharge Nicolas Minesi,Pierre Mariotto,Gabi-Daniel Stancu,Christophe O Laux AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum, Jan 2021, VIRTUAL EVENT, France. ⟨10.2514/6.2021-1698⟩ Communication dans un congrès hal-03103724v1
Electronic-Specific Modeling of Nitric Oxide in a Recombining Air Plasma Ulysse Dubuet,Pierre Mariotto,Marie-Yvonne Perrin,Christophe O Laux AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum, Jan 2021, VIRTUAL EVENT, France. ⟨10.2514/6.2021-0445⟩ Communication dans un congrès hal-03117353v1
Rovibrational State-to-State Modeling of Nitrogen Recombination Pierre Mariotto,Augustin Tibère-Inglesse,Marie-Yvonne Perrin,Christophe O Laux 1ères Rencontres Scientifiques Plasmas Froids et Lasers, Nov 2021, Toulouse, France Communication dans un congrès hal-04939764v1
VUV radiation of high temperature CO 2 /Ar plasmas Sean Mcguire,Augustin Tibère-Inglesse,Pierre Mariotto,Christophe O Laux,Brett A Cruden AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, Jan 2020, Orlando, France. ⟨10.2514/6.2020-0732⟩ Communication dans un congrès hal-02494081v1
Atomic State-to-State Modeling of Ionization Nonequilibrium in a Recombining Nitrogen Plasma Pierre Mariotto,Augustin Tibère-Inglesse,Rowan Gollan,Peter Jacobs,Marie-Yvonne Perrinet al. AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, Jan 2020, Orlando, United States. ⟨10.2514/6.2020-1713⟩ Communication dans un congrès hal-04472503v1
Role of the excited electronic states in the ionization of ambient air by a nanosecond discharge Nicolas Minesi,Pierre Mariotto,Gabi D. Stancu,Christophe O Laux AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, Jan 2020, Orlando, United States. ⟨10.2514/6.2020-0437⟩ Communication dans un congrès hal-02431589v1
Student Excellence Award Finalist: The Ionization Mechanism of Thermal Sparks Nicolas Minesi,P Mariotto,Gabi Daniel Stancu,Christophe O Laux 73rd Gaseous Electronics Conference, Oct 2020, Online (virtual conference), United States Communication dans un congrès hal-04472492v1
On the arc transition mechanism in nanosecond air discharges Nicolas Minesi,Sergey Stepanyan,Pierre Mariotto,Gabi-Daniel Stancu,Christophe O Laux AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum, Jan 2019, San Diego, United States. ⟨10.2514/6.2019-0463⟩ Communication dans un congrès hal-01990137v1
Vibrational State-to-State Modeling of a Recombining Nitrogen/Argon Plasma Pierre Mariotto,A C Tibère-Inglesse,S Mcguire,Marie-Yvonne Perrin,Christophe O Lauxet al. AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum, Jan 2019, San Diego, France. ⟨10.2514/6.2019-0796⟩ Communication dans un congrès hal-02494090v1
Rovibrational state-to-state modeling of an N₂ recombining plasma P Mariotto,Christophe O Laux Franco-Australian Symposium on Hypersonics and High Enthalpy Flows, Sep 2016, Chatenay-Malabry, France Communication dans un congrès hal-04939741v1

Poster de conférence (4)

Analysis of Recombining Nitrogen Plasma Measurements Using Atomic Collisional Radiative Models P Mariotto,Ulysse Dubuet,Rowan Gollan,Peter Jacobs,Marie-Yvonne Perrinet al. The XXV Europhysics Conference on the Atomic and Molecular Physics of Ionized Gases, Jul 2022, Paris, France Poster de conférence hal-04472554v1
Electronic State-to-State Modeling of a Recombining Nitrogen/Argon Plasma Ulysse Dubuet,P Mariotto,Christophe O Laux,Marie-Yvonne Perrin The XXV Europhysics Conference on the Atomic and Molecular Physics of Ionized Gases, Jul 2022, Paris, France Poster de conférence hal-04483562v1
Radiation of nonequilibrium recombining plasma flows Augustin Tibère-Inglesse,Pierre Mariotto,Sean Mcguire,Marie-Yvonne Perrin,Christophe O. Laux 6th Aerospace Thematic Workshop, Fundamentals of Flow and Combustion Control by Plasmas, Apr 2017, Saint Petersburg, Russia Poster de conférence hal-01866555v1
Two types of nanosecond spark discharges in atmospheric air Nicolas Minesi,Sergey Stepanyan,Erwan Pannier,Pierre Mariotto,Gabi D. Stancuet al. 70th Gaseous Electronics Conference, Nov 2017, Pittsburg, United States Poster de conférence hal-01866390v1

Chapitre d'ouvrage (1)

Experimental investigation of meteorites: ground test facilities Christophe O Laux,Megan Macdonald,Carolyn Jacobs,Pierre Mariotto,Augustin Tibère-Inglesseet al. Hypersonic Meteoroid Entry Physics, IOP Publishing, pp.11-1-11-41, 2019, ⟨10.1088/2053-2563/aae894ch11⟩ Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-04472520v1

Thèse (1)

[Deprecated] The updated version is available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18845332 Pierre Mariotto Plasmas. Paris-Saclay University, 2023. English. ⟨NNT : ⟩ Thèse tel-04472259v2