Neutral Particle Beam Popup Applications

Abstract

Popup neutral particle beams (NPBs) could have high leverage in discriminating decoyed threats. There is considerable leeway in the choice of platform parameters. For deuterium beams the number of platforms is modest for all energies. Hydrogen beams might use higher energies to reduce the number of platforms. Low energies minimize platform cost for both.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA344829

Entities

People

  • Gregory H. Canavan

Organizations

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boost Phase
  • California
  • Constellations
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Deuterium
  • Discrimination
  • Efficiency
  • Governments
  • Hydrogen
  • Interrogation
  • Neutral Particle Beams
  • Particle Beams
  • Technical Information Centers
  • Trajectories
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy