Mirror Ratio (R): --
Plume Half-Angle: --
Dir. Efficiency (η_d): --
Total Efficiency (η_d × ηcap): --
Directed Power: --
Exhaust Velocity: --
Particles: 0
Visual Plume Angle: --
Not a particle-tracing simulation. See paper Section 6 for validation requirements.
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B(z) = B₀ / (1 + z/L_B)²
r_L = 0.24 / B [m] (Eq. 7)
ε = r_L / L_B (Eq. 6)
R = B₀ · L_B / 2.4 (Sec 2.4)
θ = arcsin(1/√R) (Eq. 9)
η_d = cos²(θ) × 0.85 (Eq. 10)
η_total = η_d × η_cap
v_e = 0.039c × √η_total (Eq. 11)
P = rate × 8.7 MeV × η_total