Progress in quantum vacuum engineering propulsion

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 247-256

  Pinto, Fabrizio ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atom interferometry; Dispersion forces; Electrodynamics in curved space; Propellantless propulsion

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; INTERFEROMETRY; PROPULSION; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

ATOM INTERFEROMETRY; DISPERSION FORCE; FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; POLARIZABLE PARTICLES; PROPELLANTLESS PROPULSION; QUANTUM PERTURBATION THEORY; RESONANT ENHANCEMENTS;

PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33745174859     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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