IPAC2021 - List of Authors (Danielson, L.R.)

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MOPAB372	KARVE: A Nanoparticle Accelerator for Space Thruster Applications	1151
	J.W. Lewellen, L.R. Danielson, A. Essunfeld, J.A. Hollingsworth, M.A. Holloway LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA E.K. Lewis NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, USA
	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.
	Poster MOPAB372 [0.694 MB]
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-MOPAB372
About •	paper received ※ 19 May 2021 paper accepted ※ 27 May 2021 issue date ※ 10 August 2021
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KARVE: A Nanoparticle Accelerator for Space Thruster Applications

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J.W. Lewellen, L.R. Danielson, A. Essunfeld, J.A. Hollingsworth, M.A. Holloway
LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
E.K. Lewis
NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, USA

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.

Poster MOPAB372 [0.694 MB]

DOI •

reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-MOPAB372

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paper received ※ 19 May 2021 paper accepted ※ 27 May 2021 issue date ※ 10 August 2021

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