• The magnetic field oscillating amplified thruster (MOA; often named as plasma engine by the media) is a versatile electrothermodynamic system, which is...
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    plasma thruster Magnetoplasmadynamic thruster Pulsed inductive thruster Pulsed plasma thruster Helicon Double Layer Thruster Magnetic field oscillating amplified...
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    Electrostatic ion thrusters Field-emission electric propulsion MagBeam thrusters Hall-effect thrusters Colloid thrusters Electrothermal thrusters, wherein electromagnetic...
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  • Mundo Dam Moa, Cuba Moa, Mkinga, Tanzania Moa, Niger Magnetic field oscillating amplified thruster, a novel propulsion system with several terrestrial...
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  • Magnetic bottle Magnetic braking Magnetic cloud Magnetic confinement fusion Magnetic diffusivity Magnetic field Magnetic field oscillating amplified thruster...
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    Solar sail (section Magnetic)
    spacecraft trajectory more delicately than possible with thrusters. Minor errors are greatly amplified by gravity assist maneuvers, so using radiation pressure...
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    mirrors. Bae named the laser thruster based on the photon recycling in an active optical cavity Photonic Laser Thruster (PLT). In 2015 his team demonstrated...
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    Zero-point energy (category Quantum field theory)
    corrections. Spontaneous emission can be suppressed (or "inhibited") or amplified. Amplification was first predicted by Purcell in 1946 (the Purcell effect) and...
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    allows an electronic signal to be amplified many times by the same vacuum tube or other active component such as a field effect transistor. A regenerative...
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    permanent magnetic field of about 1600 Gauss. The gauge contained no primary source of ionizing electrons. The discharge was initiated by field emission...
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    life by means of an onboard propulsion system employing a 1.6 kg (3.5 lb) thruster. The purpose of these changes was to alter the perigee height to 129 km...
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    permanent magnetic field of about 0.16t (1600 gauss). The gauge contained no primary source of ionizing electrons. The discharge was initiated by field emission...
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