Antiproton powered propulsion with magnetically confined plasma engines
Conference
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OSTI ID:5420059
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. 22 refs.
- OSTI ID:
- 5420059
- Report Number(s):
- AIAA-Paper--89-2334; CONF-8907118--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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42 ENGINEERING
420200* -- Engineering-- Facilities
Equipment
& Techniques
ANNIHILATION
ANTIBARYONS
ANTIMATTER
ANTINUCLEI
ANTINUCLEONS
ANTIPARTICLES
ANTIPROTONS
BARYONS
BASIC INTERACTIONS
COMPRESSION
DESIGN
ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENGINES
FERMIONS
GAMMA RADIATION
HADRONS
INTERACTIONS
ION TEMPERATURE
IONIZING RADIATIONS
MAGNETIC COMPRESSION
NUCLEI
NUCLEONS
PLASMA
PLASMA DENSITY
PROPULSION
PROPULSION SYSTEMS
RADIATIONS
ROCKET ENGINES
SPACE VEHICLES
VEHICLES
420200* -- Engineering-- Facilities
Equipment
& Techniques
ANNIHILATION
ANTIBARYONS
ANTIMATTER
ANTINUCLEI
ANTINUCLEONS
ANTIPARTICLES
ANTIPROTONS
BARYONS
BASIC INTERACTIONS
COMPRESSION
DESIGN
ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENGINES
FERMIONS
GAMMA RADIATION
HADRONS
INTERACTIONS
ION TEMPERATURE
IONIZING RADIATIONS
MAGNETIC COMPRESSION
NUCLEI
NUCLEONS
PLASMA
PLASMA DENSITY
PROPULSION
PROPULSION SYSTEMS
RADIATIONS
ROCKET ENGINES
SPACE VEHICLES
VEHICLES