Characterization of novel laser particle accelerators for space propulsion

36th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Horisawa, Hideyuki ^a   Kimura, Itsuro ^b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laser particle accelerator; Laser propulsion; Relativistic effects; Ultra short pulse laser

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

ACCELERATING FIELDS; INTERSTELLAR FLIGHT; LASER PARTICLES; LASER PROPULSION; LASER-PLASMA ACCELERATOR; RELATIVISTIC EFFECTS; RELATIVISTIC PARTICLES; ULTRA-SHORT PULSE LASER;

RELATIVITY;

EID: 77954891754     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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