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Indrek, If I understand your picture correctly, an ion sitting in that region of outer darkness will be most strongly accelerated toward the red regions. However, once it gets into the green it'll feel the spacial separation of the four red regions and when it gets close enough, it'll be steered tow...

I recall seeing pictures of the "wiffleball" magnetic field lines when it starts up with no electrons inside, and then seeing pictures of those magnetic field lines distorting as more and more electrons are contained therein. Like this ? http://youtube.com/watch?v=jmp1cg3-WDY&feature=related My pro...

...Seeing the difference between tombo's coils and Bussard's coils and the shaped coils (to help reduce impact cross section) will be very useful. Then add the E fields. Then add the plasma. It will make "intuition" a whole lot easier! When we have a 3D visualization, I'd like to see what the visua...

I recall seeing pictures of the "wiffleball" magnetic field lines when it starts up with no electrons inside, and then seeing pictures of those magnetic field lines distorting as more and more electrons are contained therein. There's been talk that 'electron pressure' will push the magnetic field li...

sure, make the grid out of pure unobtainium. i'm sure you'll find some around somewhere...

One of the things my daughter has noted about nuclear engineering is that there's a bimodal distribution of ages among nuclear engineers: There are young kids like her and there are old guys who want to retire with nobody in between. Clearly, the unpopularity of fission after Three-Mile Island & Che...

Always with the dialectic. Comrade, " We need 40,000 psi material and this is only 30,000 psi. What shall be done to resolve the contradiction?" The American way: "What is the ultimate strength we can get? With what? OK Lets make some." Does this mean you're going to whip up some 100% transparent g...

I described this thread to my daughter who's in the umich nuclear engineering program. She says that she knows another student (not Jeff) at umich who's interested in nuclear propulsion. My daughter says the UofM is the best in the country. And if you go there you should know this already. She's not...

I got my Masters' degrees in non-thesis programs. Pretty straightforward, take courses, get degree. I did not attempt a PhD and living in the city I do, I won't drive halfway across state to enroll in a PhD program. Nevertheless, I've watched my friends get PhDs (or languish ABD) and devised a strat...

You're right about learning a new microprocessor.

Even the answers raise questions.

What's "upscattering?"

I've been working my way through your sidebar. And it's pure gold. But like reading the Wikis, I get answers, but it's haphazard. Take for example, gyroradius. If I understand correctly, it's the radius of the spiral that a charged particle will follow along a magnetic field line. I figured this out...

i just clicked the FAQ link and found several helpful questions and answers about posting to the forum, but found nothing physics related. What prompted my question is my ignorance of some of the terms that get tossed around frequently. For example, I've heard that electrons can be thermalized. Now,...