P6_6 Vacuum Resistance Effects on Photon Sails

Authors

  • Jacob Eddison University of Leicester
  • Guy Levin University of Leicester
  • Joe Marsden University of Leicester
  • Darshan Vigneswara University of Leicester

Abstract

The total change in momentum from collisions between a spacecraft and interstellar hydrogen
atoms was considered in order to calculate the the time taken for the spacecraft's velocity to half (t 1/2), and the total distance the spacecraft travels in this time (s 1/2). It was found that for Voyager1, t 1/2=1.521x10^12 years and s 1/2= 2:986x10^7 ly. For a Graphene Photon Sail t 1/2= 8.7 years and s 1/2= 0:54 ly. It is recommended that the signicance of these results merits further investigation.

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Published

15-12-2017

How to Cite

Eddison, J., Levin, G., Marsden, J., & Vigneswara, D. (2017). P6_6 Vacuum Resistance Effects on Photon Sails. Physics Special Topics, 16(1). Retrieved from https://journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/pst/article/view/2564

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Vol. 16 No. 1 (2017): Physics Special Topics

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