Talk-Polywell.org

alexjrgreen wrote:

KitemanSA wrote:Some have postulated in these pages that rotation is a significant effect, which this process assumes away.

Did I mention quaternions...?

So how would quaternions help here?

Bob Terry

One thing you might try is Indrek's symmetry method. Only 1/48 of the volume actually needs to be modeled if you assume symmetry. There are 3 cut planes which give you 1/8th of a volume, then 3 cut planes through the corners that give you 1/6th of that. If you take the derivatives to be zero at the...

Anyways, it seems to me both should matter. Here's my unsophisticated view of the problem: we have a cloud of electrons which has a negative charge. The electrons want to get to the positively-charged Magrid, but the magnetic shielding prevents this. They would also like to get to the wall, which i...

It's unfortunate there is so much uncertainty about how the machine actually operates; we often seem to spend more time debating that than more interesting (to me, anyway) questions of how the machine, understood in all its basic behaviors, would or would not scale to net power. I hope we get to se...

You can convert x-rays to electricity a few different ways (thermally, if you have to). I think some have been mentioned in other threads. Contingent on some real numbers for the ion density and neutral density in a Polywell device, I would hazard a guess that all the Brems is very optically thin. ...

You can convert x-rays to electricity a few different ways (thermally, if you have to). I think some have been mentioned in other threads. Contingent on some real numbers for the ion density and neutral density in a Polywell device, I would hazard a guess that all the Brems is very optically thin. ...

rnebel wrote: "3. The Polywell allows you to select whether you want the power to come out in charged particles or Bremsstrahlung. The lower the Bremsstrahlung power the more recirculating power you are going to have. The tradeoff is whether you win by direct energy conversion of electrons or by hig...