Additionally, in extreme astrophysical environments such as pulsar magnetosphere, strong magnetic fields quantize electron perpendicular momentum and strong electric fields accelerate ...

This has led researchers to consider alternative beam technologies. Charged particle beams, specifically relativistic electron beams, offer unique advantages. Electrons can be accelerated to ...

Most of the paper goes into detail about this, focusing on relativistic electron beams. This mission concept, known as Sunbeam, would use just such a beam. Utilizing electrons traveling at such ...