SBIR/STTR Research Award
A STUDY OF MECHANISMS PRODUCING ASTROPHYSICAL JETS
Award amount
$49,874Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Innovative Systems
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
MECHANISMS EXIST IN NATURE CAPABLE OF ACCELERATING JETS OF MATTER TO VELOCITIES CLOSE TO THAT OF LIGHT, WITH GREAT ENERGY EFFICIENCY. THESE MECHANISMS ARE NOT PRESENTLY UNDERSTOOD, BUT ARE OBSERVED TO OCCUR BOTH IN THE CENTRAL REGIONS OF GALAXIES AND IN A FEW STARS IN OUR OWN GALAXY. THE EXISTANCE OF ASTROPHYSICAL JETS ON THESE TWO VERY DIFFERENT SCALES SUGGESTS THAT SOME COMMON MECHNISM MAY EXIST WHICH MIGHT BE SCALED DOWN EVEN FURTHER, PERHAPS EVEN TO LABORATORY SIZE. SUCH A DEVELOPMENT WOULD OFFER THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY HIGH SPECIFIC IMPULSE DEVICES FOR PROPULSION SYSTEMS OR DIRECTED ENERGY DEVICES.
Technology keywords
Not reported