Production and trapping of antimatter for space propulsion applications

32nd Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Holzscheiter, M H ^a   Lewis, R A ^a   Rochet, J ^a   Smith, G A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

ANTIHYDROGEN; FERMILAB; PRODUCTION RATES; SPACE PROPULSIONS;

PROPULSION;

EID: 84961927098     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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