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== Relevant Papers ==
 
== Relevant Papers ==
This list was assembled by Aero<ref>[http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=37642.msg1382092#msg1382092 Forum post by @aero]</ref>
 
  
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* Electromagnetic fields and transmission properties in tapered hollow metallic waveguides
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Xiahui Zeng and Dianyuan Fan. Optics Express Vol. 17, Issue 1, pp. 34-45 (2009) •doi: 10.1364/OE.17.0
 
* [http://arxiv.org/pdf/1308.0547.pdf "Extraordinary momentum and spin in evanescent waves"] by Konstantin Y. Bliokh, Aleksandr Y. Bekshaev, and Franco Nori - See Supplementary Table 1.
 
* [http://arxiv.org/pdf/1308.0547.pdf "Extraordinary momentum and spin in evanescent waves"] by Konstantin Y. Bliokh, Aleksandr Y. Bekshaev, and Franco Nori - See Supplementary Table 1.
* http://arxiv.org/pdf/0712.0347.pdf
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* [http://arxiv.org/pdf/0712.0347.pdf "Superluminal propagation of evanescent modes as a quantum effect"] by Zhi-Yong Wang, Cai-Dong Xiong, Bing He.
 
* http://wwwsis.lnf.infn.it/pub/INFN-FM-00-04.pdf - I like Appendix B
 
* http://wwwsis.lnf.infn.it/pub/INFN-FM-00-04.pdf - I like Appendix B
 
* http://arxiv.org/pdf/1211.0530v2.pdf - This one just hints at our situation.
 
* http://arxiv.org/pdf/1211.0530v2.pdf - This one just hints at our situation.

Revision as of 12:48, 1 June 2015

As proposed by Aero on the NSF forums, the possibility that the thrust is occurring as a result of the generation/leakage of evanescent waves.

Status

No longer considered a viable source of thrust.

Evidence

Initial calculations by Aero were showing an efficiency rating 2-3 times that of a perfect photon drive, which is beneath the observed ratings of Q-thruster test articles.[1]

Utilizing MEEP, the conclusion was that due to rapid dropoff at the frustum surface, evanescent waves were of insufficient magnitude to explain the observed thrust.[2]. See details about @aero's MEEP control file.

Relevant Papers

  • Electromagnetic fields and transmission properties in tapered hollow metallic waveguides

Xiahui Zeng and Dianyuan Fan. Optics Express Vol. 17, Issue 1, pp. 34-45 (2009) •doi: 10.1364/OE.17.0

References