What are the effects of E X B plasma drift in polywell?
What are the effects of E X B plasma drift in polywell?
See topic, since polywell relies on both E fields and B fields to work, I was wondering how the plasma drift affects the ions and electrons.
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Re: What are the effects of E X B plasma drift in polywell?
The lowest order effect will be that the plasma on the surface of the ball (I use the term loosely, since the shape is more like a hedgehog) will spin around the point cusps. Next order? I suppose viscosity will cause some of the bulk plasma to spin, too, and slow down the surface. Slowing the surface should pull the ions in tighter, I think. Might actually be interesting to look into it (although I suspect it won't be a large effect).Robthebob wrote:See topic, since polywell relies on both E fields and B fields to work, I was wondering how the plasma drift affects the ions and electrons.
Re: What are the effects of E X B plasma drift in polywell?
If this would be a movie, the camera would keep you on screen a bit longer and slightly zoom into your face to make the viewer remember this scene a bit better.Art Carlson wrote:Might actually be interesting to look into it (although I suspect it won't be a large effect).