Lockheed Martin Corporation

Luke Alexander Uribarri

Edward Henry Allen

Kristen L Pudenz

Provided herein are various leptonic power sources, leptonic control systems, and leptonic-powered engines. An apparatus includes a leptonic source configured to emit beam electrons to ionize a material into a plasma according to a selectable ionization degree and deposit charge onto a plurality of cathodes in a progressively more negatively charged arrangement to establish an electric field of a selectable intensity in the plasma.

Plasma engine with leptonic energy source

Provided herein are various leptonic power sources, leptonic control systems, and leptonic-powered engines. In one example, an apparatus includes a housing having apertures through which material can enter and exit, and an anode coupled to the housing upstream from a cathode. A leptonic source emits beam electrons into the housing to ionize the material into a plasma according to a selectable ionization degree and deposit charge onto the cathode to establish an electric field in the plasma. A magnetic field source produces a magnetic field in the plasma at selectable angle to the flow of the plasma to at least partially entrain plasma electrons. Ions of the plasma are accelerated downstream in the housing by the electric field and impart momentum to a portion of the material to produce a thrust proportional to the selectable ionization degree of the plasma and a selectable intensity of the electric field.

A system comprising a classical computing subsystem to perform classical operations in a three-dimensional (3D) classical space unit using decomposed stopping points along a consecutive sequence of stopping points of sub-cells, along a vector with a shortest path between two points of the 3D classical space unit. The system includes a quantum computing subsystem to perform quantum operations in a 3D quantum space unit using decomposed stopping points along a consecutive sequence of stopping points of sub-cells, along a vector selected to have a shortest path between two points of the 3D quantum space unit. The system includes a control subsystem to decompose classical subproblems and quantum subproblems into the decomposed points and provide computing instructions and state information to the classical computing subsystem to perform the classical operations to the quantum computing subsystem to perform the quantum operations. A method and computer readable medium are provided.

System, method and computer readable medium for quassical computing

In an embodiment, a method includes, impinging a plurality of particles on a target such that electrons are emitted from the target and transporting the electrons from the target to a heat sink through a transporting medium. The target and the heat sink may be separated by a distance. The method further includes cooling the electrons using the heat sink and returning the electrons from the heat sink to the target.

Cooling a target using electrons

Electron emission from an emissive substance, such as an emissive composite material, can be employed as a heat dissipation technique and mechanism for a part subject to operational heating. Emissive composite materials containing a refractory metal matrix and a ceramic electride material in the refractory metal matrix can be utilized for this purpose. Emissive composite materials can retain the thermal stability of the base refractory metal and emit electrons upon being heated to a sufficiently high temperature. Cooling systems and associated methods can utilize a collector configured to receive electrons emitted across open space by the ceramic electride material upon heating, and a conductive pathway can allow the electrons to be returned to the emissive composite material. Accordingly, the emissive composite material and the collector define a portion of an electrical circuit.

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Arlington, TX, United States of America

Luke Alexander Uribarri