Merged ion-electron particle beam for space applications

Details Merged ion-electron particle beam for space applications Merged ion-electron particle beam for space applications

1980-07-10

1982-11-30

Anderson, Bruce C.

Radiant energy

Electrically neutral molecular or atomic beam devices and...

H01S 100, H01S 900

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043617611

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for merging electrons and ions in a neutralizer region where both are of equal intensity and velocity and directing the beam at a target to be destroyed. The region for merging the beams comprises a plurality of circular electrodes formed in a convex overlapping configuration with circular apertures for receiving ions from a ion source. A separate set of accelerator-decelerator electrodes is positioned to merge the electron beam into the ions in the beam merging region. After the beam leaves the beam merging region it enters an elongated axial magentic field which compresses the beam as it is directed to an object to be destroyed.
This device may be housed in a satellite capable of being transported into space and moved within a kill radius of an object. The beam density is determined by the choice of ion species and by merging the beams in a low interaction energy environment.

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patent: 3116433 (1963-12-01), Moncrieff-Yeates
patent: 3846636 (1974-11-01), Zehr et al.
patent: 3859164 (1975-01-01), Nowak

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