I stumbled onto IEC fusion on NASAspaceflight.com about 2 to 3 weeks ago. I've been telling all of my friends, coworkers, and family about this concept ever...
The Defense News story [1] mentions Don Gay, a former Navy electronics engineer and an early “technical point of contact” in the Office of Naval Research...
joe@...
Apr 2, 2007 3:55 am
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Hi guys, I've started a collection of links that I hope will become a complete reference to everything on the web that's useful with regard to Polywell fusion...
joe@...
Apr 4, 2007 3:27 pm
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I keep going around in circles on how to push this forward. When stuck in a mental loop, discussion is often helpful, so here goes. First, if someone wanted...
joe@...
Apr 6, 2007 3:35 pm
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Hi Joe. Like you I'm very interested in seeing that progress is made in this technology. I'm not a scientist (suck in math) but have always been deeply...
... I think the general assumption is that fusion as a power source is somewhere between "decades away" and "never." It's some gargantuan task that only major...
joe@...
Apr 6, 2007 10:45 pm
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Just came across this at Chaos Manor and thought you'd appreciate it. There is great insight here. Cheers. ...
... Thanks -- this is the same as <http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=2584496&C=america>, but in PDF form. Good to know about anyway. Best, - Joe -- Joe...
joe@...
Apr 7, 2007 12:28 am
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This has been interesting discussion so far, and Joe, thanks for summarizing where we stand. Here are my thoughts. First of all, just in case you haven't...
... http://www.fusor.net/board/download_thread.php?site=fusor&bn=fusor_other&thread=1175014413 Thanks, I hadn't seen that one. ... One guy said that, but...
joe@...
Apr 10, 2007 2:34 pm
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Joe, We need a good explanation of the operation of the Polywell and how it is formed. I'd like to start with at minimum something a person with high school AP...
Sound's great for the upper 5%...I'm not sure that would encompass a significant enough proportion of the decision makers in leadership and policy...it might...
... So do I, and of course Tom is an accomplished writer too. So we have a lot of writing talent -- hopefully some among us have some artistic talent too; we...
joe@...
Apr 10, 2007 7:37 pm
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Joe, I sent my plasma physics guy the Krall paper (thanks!) and he has not gotten back to me. I do understand how electrons can be confined in a strong...
According to my handy statistical calculator: http://psych.colorado.edu/~mcclella/java/normal/accurateNormal.html With a center of 100 and a Std Dev of 15...
... I'm a little vague on this myself, but I have a rough idea. The electrons basically see a magnetic mirror on every side. Wikipedia has an introduction to...
joe@...
Apr 10, 2007 10:07 pm
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I've added this reference to my links list at <http://www.strout.net/info/science/polywell/>. The direct link to the paper summary is: ...
joe@...
Apr 10, 2007 10:38 pm
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My plasma physicist explained it simply. An eletron moving at right angles to a magnetic field will have its path bent at right angles to its original motion. ...
On Apr 11, 2007, at 01:15 UTC, M. Simon wrote: [with regard to magnetic mirrors] ... Yes, but that only gets it turned 90 degrees, at which point it's no ...
joe@...
Apr 11, 2007 2:54 am
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... The force is always at right angles to the electron motion and also at right angles to the magnetic field. Because of the electron motion it is similar to...
... Yes, I understand all that, but it doesn't answer the question (to me). This is what causes an electron to spiral around a field line in a magnetic field;...
joe@...
Apr 11, 2007 3:30 am
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... I wouldn't worry too much about the so-called math for understanding the magnetic mirror. I would recommend just re-reading the first few paragraphs of...
Joe, The magnetic field can't make the electron travel along a field line. There is no force in that direction. The force is always at right angles to the...
Tim, If the magnet is not magnetised in the direction of the major axis, but in the direction of a minor axis you could get the required field. Simon ... ...
Joe, Todd H. Rider/MIT was one of the early guys highlighting "killer" problems with IEC fusion. I contacted him recently (before understanding Bussard fully)...
Joe, I think you should start *much* more basic than this, sort of a "Fusion for Dummies" approach. Target audience: Guys like me, reasonably smart, but...
Yes. There are a few topics that need to be added like: Isotopes, Binding Energy, Alpha Particles, The Strong Force, Electrostatic Forces, The Electron Volt,...
... Agreed. Time to dig into electromagnetism, perhaps. Can anyone present an equation for the field vector at any given point relative to a toroidal coil?...
joe@...
Apr 12, 2007 2:15 pm
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... Have you received any response yet? ... Good idea. I've added that now, and I'll make an effort to go through the thesis soon. Thanks, - Joe -- Joe Strout...
joe@...
Apr 12, 2007 2:22 pm
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Hi Joe, thanks for writing. Yes, we've had several exchanges. (wet blanket alert) Todd doesn't think it can scale up properly, citing several problems with the...
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