Papers

Search Engines

These links provide a good source of technical literature on solar sails.

• Scientific Commons - May or may not have free online papers. Search for "solar sail"
• NASA Technical Report Server - May or may not have free online papers. Simple search for "solar sail"
• AIAA Electronic Library - Papers available to AIAA journal subscribers or conference attendees only. 1st page is usually available for free. Enter "solar sail" in full text search box for comprehensive results.
• Google Scholar - Search for "solar sail"
• SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System - Search for "solar sail"

Hosted Papers

Solar sail papers hosted at this website.

• Poster by Frank Ellinghaus on a SEP-Solar-Sail spacecraft with a "Roller Reefing" system for control presented at the 2007 International Symposium on Solar Sailing.
• Solar Sail Requirements Matrix by Dr. Robert L Forward, Prof. Colin R. McInnes, and Benjamin L. Diedrich
• Image:Solar_sail_Bib_Polyakhova.pdf
• Attitude Control and Dynamics of Solar Sails by Benjamin L. Diedrich
• Image:GossHistory990805.pdf

Bibliography

This page lists references to solar papers, usable in SolarSailWiki articles. They can be exported in Bibtex format. They link, when available, to online papers. This is a work in progress.