Tyler Martin

Practical Interplanetary Propulsion via One-Plug Collimated Nonthermal p-¹¹B Fusion Exhaust: A Concept Paper on Proton-Boron (p-¹¹B) Propulsion for Near-Term Research Prioritization

This concept paper identifies a performance regime for fusion propulsion that has not been systematically explored: direct magnetic collimation of non-thermal proton-boron (p-¹¹B) fusion products, exploiting the asymmetric entropy structure of the three-alpha final state. We argu...