A1_5_SolarSails_v2

Authors

  • Rebecca Murphy
  • John Burton

Abstract

Further to our article on harnessing the Sun’s energy to progress our civilization to Type II on the Kardashev scale, this article investigates solar sail technology to assess the proposed Dyson bubble solution. A theoretical maximum area density of 0.8gm-2 is found for each of the energy-collecting sails.

Published

04-09-2009

How to Cite

Murphy, R., & Burton, J. (2009). A1_5_SolarSails_v2. Physics Special Topics, 7(2). Retrieved from https://journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/pst/article/view/1000

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 2 (2008): Physics Special Topics

Section

Articles