Wrestling with concepts for electron injection
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 3:01 am
I am considering whether there is any merit to the idea of making electron injection easier by manipulating the magnetic grid from outside the rings. Namely, the following ideas have occurred to me:
1) Would it be practicable to create a magnetic field between the electron gun and the ring grid that would weaken the opposition of the ring fields to electron penetration, thus thinning the veil? This seems to depend on the margin of error available before cusp losses become untenable.
2) Are changes to a magnetic field nearly instantaneous, or do they take some measurable time? If the latter, would it be possible to disturb the equilibrium of the ring grid and to send in bursts of electrons as it resets to equilibrium? I presume this would happen in a predictable fashion, so if the disturbance travels in some fashion within the grid, the disturbance could be calculated and guns positioned to take advantage of the projected thin spots.
3) Would there be any benefit to not having the electron approach the field directly? Could a series of other small fields, or just a different gun design, cause the electron to approach from an oblique angle, like a corkscrew?
4) Can the ring grid be boosted in power faster than the electrons can escape? For example, if another bank of capacitors was on standby to increase power, could electrons be fired into the machine and the grid boosted to maximize containment and prevent cusp loss?
For the record, I am not even a novice in the arena of electromagnetism; I am currently re-taking Physics I because I am going back for engineering and can afford no gaps in my comprehension. A barrage of explanatory links or papers would make a perfectly wonderful answer.
1) Would it be practicable to create a magnetic field between the electron gun and the ring grid that would weaken the opposition of the ring fields to electron penetration, thus thinning the veil? This seems to depend on the margin of error available before cusp losses become untenable.
2) Are changes to a magnetic field nearly instantaneous, or do they take some measurable time? If the latter, would it be possible to disturb the equilibrium of the ring grid and to send in bursts of electrons as it resets to equilibrium? I presume this would happen in a predictable fashion, so if the disturbance travels in some fashion within the grid, the disturbance could be calculated and guns positioned to take advantage of the projected thin spots.
3) Would there be any benefit to not having the electron approach the field directly? Could a series of other small fields, or just a different gun design, cause the electron to approach from an oblique angle, like a corkscrew?
4) Can the ring grid be boosted in power faster than the electrons can escape? For example, if another bank of capacitors was on standby to increase power, could electrons be fired into the machine and the grid boosted to maximize containment and prevent cusp loss?
For the record, I am not even a novice in the arena of electromagnetism; I am currently re-taking Physics I because I am going back for engineering and can afford no gaps in my comprehension. A barrage of explanatory links or papers would make a perfectly wonderful answer.