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Equation of motion of an interstellar Bussard ramjet with radiation and mass losses
Semay, Claude; Silvestre-Brac, B.
2008In European Journal of Physics, 29 (Issue 6), p. 1153-1163
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Abstract :
[en] An interstellar Bussard ramjet is a spaceship using the protons of the interstellar medium in a fusion engine to produce thrust. In recent papers, it was shown that the relativistic equation of motion of an ideal ramjet and that of a ramjet with radiation loss are analytical. When a mass loss appears, the limit speed of the ramjet is more strongly reduced. However, the parametric equations in terms of the ramjet's speed for the position of the ramjet in the inertial frame of the interstellar medium, the time in this frame and the proper time indicated by the clocks on board the spaceship can still be obtained in an analytical form. The non-relativistic motion and the motion near the limit speed are studied
Research center :
AGIF - Algèbre, Géométrie et Interactions fondamentales
Disciplines :
Physics
Author, co-author :
Semay, Claude  
Silvestre-Brac, B.
Language :
English
Title :
Equation of motion of an interstellar Bussard ramjet with radiation and mass losses
Publication date :
01 September 2008
Journal title :
European Journal of Physics
ISSN :
0143-0807
Publisher :
Institute of Physics Publishing, United Kingdom
Volume :
29
Issue :
Issue 6
Pages :
1153-1163
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Research unit :
S824 - Physique nucléaire et subnucléaire
Research institute :
R150 - Institut de Recherche sur les Systèmes Complexes
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