| タイトル | Antiproton powered propulsion with magnetically confined plasma engines |
| 著者（英） | Lapointe, Michael R. |
| 著者所属（英） | Sverdrup Technology, Inc.; NASA Lewis Research Center |
| 発行日 | 1989-07-01 |
| 言語 | eng |
| 内容記述 | The reaction of the matter-antimatter annihilation, with its specific energy being over 250 times the specific energy released in nuclear fusion, is considered as an energy source for spacecraft propulsion. A concept of a magnetically confined pulsed plasma engine is described. In this concept, antiproton beams are injected axially into a pulsed magnetic mirror system, where they annihilate with an initially neutral hydrogen gas; the resulting charge annihilation products transfer energy to the hydrogen propellant, which is then exhausted through one end of the pulsed mirror system to provide thrust. Numerical simulations were developed to calculate the annihilation rate of antiprotons in hydrogen and to follow the resulting ion, muon, and electron/positron number density evolutions. |
| NASA分類 | SPACECRAFT PROPULSION AND POWER |
| レポートNO | 89A46758
AIAA PAPER 89-2334 |
| 権利 | Copyright |
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