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TY - CONF AU - Lewellen, J.W. AU - Danielson, L.R. AU - Essunfeld, A. AU - Hollingsworth, J.A. AU - Holloway, M.A. AU - Lewis, E.K. ED - Liu, Lin ED - Byrd, John M. ED - Neuenschwander, Regis T. ED - Picoreti, Renan ED - Schaa, Volker R. W. TI - KARVE: A Nanoparticle Accelerator for Space Thruster Applications J2 - Proc. of IPAC2021, Campinas, SP, Brazil, 24-28 May 2021 CY - Campinas, SP, Brazil T2 - International Particle Accelerator Conference T3 - 12 LA - english AB - We present a concept for using RF-based acceleration of nanoparticles (NPs) as a means of generating thrust for future space missions: the Kinetic Acceleration & Resource Vector Engine (KARVE) thruster. Acceleration of nanoparticles (NPs) via DC accelerators has been shown to be feasible in dust accelerator labs such as the Heidelberg dust accelerator and the 3 MV hypervelocity dust accelerator at the Colorado Center for Lunar Dust and Atmospheric Studies. In contrast, KARVE uses RF-driven acceleration of nanoparticles as the basis of a thruster design lying between chemical and ion engines in performance: more efficient than chemical engines in terms of specific impulse; and higher thrust than ion engines. The properties of multi-gap RF accelerators also allow an on-the-fly tradeoff between specific impulse and thrust. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 1151 EP - 1153 KW - acceleration KW - ECR KW - radio-frequency KW - bunching KW - simulation DA - 2021/08 PY - 2021 SN - 2673-5490 SN - 978-3-95450-214-1 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-MOPAB372 UR - https://jacow.org/ipac2021/papers/mopab372.pdf ER -