Design Blueprint: A Superconducting Toroidal Magnetic Shield for a Crewed Habitat: Cutoff Rigidity, Coil Mass and Cryogenic Power
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: Design blueprint derived from the source paper (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.24145337): This paper presents a computed design for an active magnetic shield, in which a superconducting toroid deflects charged cosmic-ray particles before they reach the habitat, trading launched mass for field strength, coil structure and continuous cryogenic power. Status: DESIGN BLUEPRINT — SIMULATED, NOT MEASURED — NOT BUILT. All numbers are simulated values from the source paper's computation, deposited with this blueprint as compute.py and results.json. AI-use disclosure: Dave, an AI research system, assisted with the computation and drafting under the author's direction; author of record William Alexander Aldred.
Author: Aldred, William Alexander
Language: English
Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225792703