@incollection{McInnesBothmerDachwaldetal.2014,
  author    = {McInnes, Colin R. and Bothmer, Volker and Dachwald, Bernd and Geppert, Ulrich R. M. E. and Heiligers, Jeannette and Hilgers, Alan and Johnson, Les and Macdonald, Malcolm and Reinhard, Ruedeger and Seboldt, Wolfgang and Spietz, Peter},
  title     = {Gossamer roadmap technology reference study for a Sub-L1 Space Weather Mission},
  series = {Advances in solar sailing},
  booktitle = {Advances in solar sailing},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin [u.a.]},
  isbn      = {978-3-642-34906-5 (Print) ; 978-3-642-34907-2 (E-Book)},
  pages     = {227 -- 242},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {A technology reference study for a displaced Lagrange point space weather mission is presented. The mission builds on previous concepts, but adopts a strong micro-spacecraft philosophy to deliver a low mass platform and payload which can be accommodated on the DLR/ESA Gossamer-3 technology demonstration mission. A direct escape from Geostationary Transfer Orbit is assumed with the sail deployed after the escape burn. The use of a miniaturized, low mass platform and payload then allows the Gossamer-3 solar sail to potentially double the warning time of space weather events. The mission profile and mass budgets will be presented to achieve these ambitious goals.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HeiligersSchoutetensDachwald2021,
  author    = {Heiligers, Jeannette and Schoutetens, Frederic and Dachwald, Bernd},
  title     = {Photon-sail equilibria in the alpha centauri system},
  series = {Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics},
  volume    = {44},
  journal   = {Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics},
  number    = {5},
  issn      = {1533-3884},
  doi       = {10.2514/1.G005446},
  pages     = {1053 -- 1061},
  year      = {2021},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{GrundmannBauerBodenetal.2019,
  author    = {Grundmann, Jan Thimo and Bauer, Waldemar and Boden, Ralf and Ceriotti, Matteo and Chand, Suditi and Cordero, Federico and Dachwald, Bernd and Dumont, Etienne and Grimm, Christian D. and Heiligers, Jeannette and Herč{\´i}k, David and H{\´e}rique, Alain and Ho, Tra-Mi and Jahnke, Rico and Kofman, Wlodek and Lange, Caroline and Lichtenheldt, Roy and McInnes, Colin and Meß, Jan-Gerd and Mikschl, Tobias and Mikulz, Eugen and Montenegro, Sergio and Moore, Iain and Pelivan, Ivanka and Peloni, Alessandro and Plettemeier, Dirk and Quantius, Dominik and Reershemius, Siebo and Renger, Thomas and Riemann, Johannes and Rogez, Yves and Ruffer, Michael and Sasaki, Kaname and Schmitz, Nicole and Seboldt, Wolfgang and Seefeldt, Patric and Spietz, Peter and Spr{\"o}witz, Tom and Sznajder, Maciej and T{\´o}th, Norbert and Vergaaij, Merel and Viavattene, Giulia and Wejmo, Elisabet and Wiedemann, Carsten and Wolff, Friederike and Ziach, Christian},
  title     = {Flights are ten a sail - Re-use and commonality in the design and system engineering of small spacecraft solar sail missions with modular hardware for responsive and adaptive exploration},
  series = {70th International Astronautical Congress (IAC)},
  booktitle = {70th International Astronautical Congress (IAC)},
  isbn      = {9781713814856},
  pages     = {1 -- 7},
  year      = {2019},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{SchoutetensDachwaldHeiligers2021,
  author    = {Schoutetens, Frederic and Dachwald, Bernd and Heiligers, Jeannette},
  title     = {Optimisation of photon-sail trajectories in the alpha-centauri system using evolutionary neurocontrol},
  series = {8th ICATT (International Conference on Astrodynamics Tools and Techniques) 23 - 25 June 2021, Virtual},
  booktitle = {8th ICATT (International Conference on Astrodynamics Tools and Techniques) 23 - 25 June 2021, Virtual},
  pages     = {1 -- 15},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {With the increased interest for interstellar exploration after the discovery of exoplanets and the proposal by Breakthrough Starshot, this paper investigates the optimisation of photon-sail trajectories in Alpha Centauri. The prime objective is to find the optimal steering strategy for a photonic sail to get captured around one of the stars after a minimum-time transfer from Earth. By extending the idea of the Breakthrough Starshot project with a deceleration phase upon arrival, the mission's scientific yield will be increased. As a secondary objective, transfer trajectories between the stars and orbit-raising manoeuvres to explore the habitable zones of the stars are investigated. All trajectories are optimised for minimum time of flight using the trajectory optimisation software InTrance. Depending on the sail technology, interstellar travel times of 77.6-18,790 years can be achieved, which presents an average improvement of 30\% with respect to previous work. Still, significant technological development is required to reach and be captured in the Alpha-Centauri system in less than a century. Therefore, a fly-through mission arguably remains the only option for a first exploratory mission to Alpha Centauri, but the enticing results obtained in this work provide perspective for future long-residence missions to our closest neighbouring star system.},
  language  = {en}
}