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astro-ph.IM2017★ 8 cited
Photogravimagnetic assists of light sails: a mixed blessing for Breakthrough Starshot?
Duncan H. Forgan, René Heller, Michael Hippke
Upon entering a star system, light sails are subject to both gravitational forces and radiation pressure, and can use both in concert to modify their trajectory. Moreover, stars po…
astro-ph.IM2017★ 28 cited
Optimized trajectories to the nearest stars using lightweight high-velocity photon sails
René Heller, Michael Hippke, Pierre Kervella
New means of interstellar travel are now being considered by various research teams, assuming lightweight spaceships to be accelerated via either laser or solar radiation to a sign…
astro-ph.IM2017★ 41 cited
Deceleration of high-velocity interstellar photon sails into bound orbits at Centauri
René Heller, Michael Hippke
At a distance of about 4.22 lightyears, it would take about 100,000 years for humans to visit our closest stellar neighbor Proxima Centauri using modern chemical thrusters. New tec…