http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/for ... 3006482931The physical time constants for the system for demonstrating refueling (the effective energy and particle confinement times) are far, far less that 10 minutes to get to what is effectively a steady state. Anything beyond a few tens of time constants is unnecessary when demonstrating steady state operation for a physics demonstration. Anything beyond that is engineering development and adds cost and complexity for no compelling reason. There is plenty of physics to study between where they are now and an effective steady state. They will probably run into operating limits due to space charge limitations and micro-instabilities driven by non-thermal energy distributions and large gradients in the system.
Lend a hand please
Lend a hand please
I like the p-B11 resonance peak at 50 KV acceleration. In2 years we'll know.
I haven't spent a lot of time reading the forums at arstechnica, but from what I've seen, some of the posters don't have much in the way of social graces. And what seems like a tendency to nit-pick things rather than keep sight of the big picture.
The WB7 trials are this august, so there's only a month or two of arguing before EMC2 may make a lot of forum arguments moot.
The WB7 trials are this august, so there's only a month or two of arguing before EMC2 may make a lot of forum arguments moot.