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by Joseph Chikva
Fri Jun 14, 2013 1:41 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Bussard's Polywell patent application is finally dead.
Replies: 49
Views: 29724

Re: Bussard's Polywell patent application is finally dead.

which is a circular argument: our approach is better because we studied it more and get more money, but you should give us more money to study it more because we studied it more and get more money. Not because “get more money” but because “our approach unlike others always showed better results and...
by Joseph Chikva
Fri Jun 14, 2013 10:11 am
Forum: News
Topic: Actual Polywell News!
Replies: 98
Views: 57880

Re: Actual Polywell News!

The charge separation is not 10^22 charged particles per M^3. With a ~ 1ppm excess of electrons you have a charge separation of ~ 10^16 charged particles per /m^3, or ~ 10^10 charged particle / cc. So, are you stating that 1.000001N electrons will force N ions to move harmonically with amplitude 1....
by Joseph Chikva
Fri Jun 14, 2013 3:14 am
Forum: News
Topic: Bussard's Polywell patent application is finally dead.
Replies: 49
Views: 29724

Re: Bussard's Polywell patent application is finally dead.

If you are a plasma physics student you should understand that beta is considered only at the edge of plasma and not inside plasma. This is only first approach primitive mechanical approximation: one pressure from outside (mag pressure) balances the second pressure from inside (kinetic or gas or pla...
by Joseph Chikva
Wed Jun 12, 2013 1:51 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Actual Polywell News!
Replies: 98
Views: 57880

Re: Actual Polywell News!

In a low density plasma, localized space charge regions may build up large potential drops over distances of the order of some tens of the Debye lengths. Such regions have been called electric double layers. Would this effect occur in a polywell and provide the needed Charge seperation to reach q>1...
by Joseph Chikva
Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:32 am
Forum: News
Topic: Bussard's Polywell patent application is finally dead.
Replies: 49
Views: 29724

Re: Bussard's Polywell patent application is finally dead.

Oh i see, I read what you wrote earlier, but the thing about it is, mag pressure isnt like the volume of a pool. Much more qualified in physics than you Mr. 9…3 like this analogy. If you don’t I am repeating you without that: namely instabilities presenting in any plasma machine do not allow them t...
by Joseph Chikva
Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:25 am
Forum: News
Topic: Bussard's Polywell patent application is finally dead.
Replies: 49
Views: 29724

Re: Bussard's Polywell patent application is finally dead.

Are you somehow suggesting it's impposible to get to beta=1, because I can assure you that's not true. Rtb, don't waste your time. Joey doesn't accept that 0.99 with occasion forays into 1.0+ is close enough to call beta=1. From where you took the number beta=0.99? As I know much different numbers:...
by Joseph Chikva
Tue Jun 11, 2013 11:31 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Bussard's Polywell patent application is finally dead.
Replies: 49
Views: 29724

Re: Bussard's Polywell patent application is finally dead.

Are you somehow suggesting it's impposible to get to beta=1, because I can assure you that's not true. Due to instabilities, my friend that is impossible. So, again let's compare plasma at beta=1 with filled at 100% swimming pool. We can keep there water only if there are not any waves. But in your...
by Joseph Chikva
Tue Jun 11, 2013 3:54 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Actual Polywell News!
Replies: 98
Views: 57880

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I prefer that someone explain their process than just say "no your wrong" It helps those of us that this is not their field of expertise. It also helps me understand their point of view. Ok http://www.plasma-universe.com/Quasi-neutrality The magnitude of the size of the violation of quasi-neutralit...
by Joseph Chikva
Tue Jun 11, 2013 4:54 am
Forum: News
Topic: Actual Polywell News!
Replies: 98
Views: 57880

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D Tibbets wrote:One important point that you seem incapable of appreciating is that Debye length is a term defined by a static situation.
Dan, do numbers correctly. Think hydrogen or debye length in dynamics too. :)
You are wrong Dan.
And there is not a necessity to write so long texts.
by Joseph Chikva
Tue Jun 11, 2013 4:47 am
Forum: News
Topic: Actual Polywell News!
Replies: 98
Views: 57880

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If you accept the assertion that the ions do not thermalize over there lifetime due to inter fuel ion collisions, then the contribution from the alphas is relatively tiny compared to that. Why I should accept it if physics (and not me) gives another assertion? At high densities (IIRC desired goal i...
by Joseph Chikva
Tue Jun 11, 2013 4:29 am
Forum: News
Topic: Bussard's Polywell patent application is finally dead.
Replies: 49
Views: 29724

Re: Bussard's Polywell patent application is finally dead.

True cusp and mirrior machines suffers a lot from kinetic instabilities, but again, none of them had the WB effect. It's basically back to talking about different machines, the primary problems of these machines arent MHD instabilities, just like donut machines dont really suffer from kinetic insta...
by Joseph Chikva
Tue Jun 11, 2013 12:28 am
Forum: News
Topic: Bussard's Polywell patent application is finally dead.
Replies: 49
Views: 29724

Re: Bussard's Polywell patent application is finally dead.

He did say that dedication to thermalized plasma, neutral plasmas, and MHD considerations limits the mainstream plasma physists from appreciating the differences in the Polywell. There are many thousands plasma physicists around the world. Working in e.g. non-neutral plasma field, there are people ...
by Joseph Chikva
Tue Jun 11, 2013 12:08 am
Forum: News
Topic: Actual Polywell News!
Replies: 98
Views: 57880

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Important point, the thermal motion is not totally chaotic. First wrong statement. As definitely thermal motion is totally chaotic. The ion confinement time may be represented as time to escape, of number of passes till escape. The second wrong statement. When you have dense enough set of particles...
by Joseph Chikva
Mon Jun 10, 2013 5:13 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Bussard's Polywell patent application is finally dead.
Replies: 49
Views: 29724

Re: Bussard's Polywell patent application is finally dead.

DeltaV wrote:I don't think any of the examiners or judges were plasma physicists.
May be they are musicians? :)
by Joseph Chikva
Mon Jun 10, 2013 5:11 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Bussard's Polywell patent application is finally dead.
Replies: 49
Views: 29724

Re: Bussard's Polywell patent application is finally dead.

In my opinion, anyone unfamiliar with vacuum tubes in unqualified to evaluate the polywell. Both annealing and recirculation, vital effects for the device to work as intended, have more in common with vacuum tubes than most fusion devices. I familiar with vacuum tubes but unfamiliar annealing and r...