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Calculate relativistic proton rigidity and uniform-field curvature radius. Educational tool, not a radiation dose or shield-design calculator.
Explore the research ↓100 MeV proton at 1 T: rigidity 1.483 T·m; curvature radius 1.483 m.
Illustrative input. No dose reduction, practical coil specification or safe habitat size is calculated.
For kinetic energy T and rest energy mc² = 0.9382720813 GeV, proton momentum pc = √[T(T + 2mc²)] in GeV. Magnetic rigidity Bρ = p / 0.299792458 in T·m for a singly charged proton. Radius ρ = Bρ/B assumes velocity perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field.
A smaller radius does not directly imply a specified dose reduction. The tool omits real coil geometry, particle directions, material interactions, secondary radiation, angular acceptance and exposure time. It cannot size a protective envelope or determine crew safety.
Use the scale to select numerical domains and benchmark a trajectory solver. The next engineering model must integrate trajectories through a computed three-dimensional field and then perform radiation transport. Do not interpret a chosen field value as an achievable ARLO operating point.
External work informs the study; it does not validate ARLO. Review date: 24 October 2026. Source access depth is stated below.
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