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by John Gallagher
Fri Mar 05, 2010 12:18 am
Forum: News
Topic: LPP fusion experiments getting ten times more neutrons
Replies: 57
Views: 35888

A 1 meg warhead will yield 4.2 E15 joules. At 40% conversion you get a gigawatt for 20 days. Bet this is the most expensive power you could come up with.
by John Gallagher
Sun Jan 31, 2010 2:52 am
Forum: General
Topic: Novels you have re-read several times
Replies: 43
Views: 17849

Cordwainer Smith The quest of the three worlds ect.
Cordwainer Smith The lady who sailed the soul.
James Blish Cities in flight.
by John Gallagher
Sun Jan 03, 2010 4:15 pm
Forum: News
Topic: University of Sydney Makes Small Polywell
Replies: 14
Views: 7424

The coil forms could be made of Macor. This material is avaliable from McMaster-Carr etc. I have made vacuum heater components out of this material and up to about 700 C it has no problems with outgassing.
by John Gallagher
Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:30 am
Forum: News
Topic: Cold Fusion Is Hot
Replies: 21
Views: 12567

Neutron and/or Alpha tracks in CR39 were reported at least one year ago in Infinite Energy magizine Issue 73 May/ June 2007. Why the sudden interest? I happen to consider IE one of the best crankzines going but I have a bad habit of judging things for their entertainment value. At any rate it took a...
by John Gallagher
Sat Mar 21, 2009 7:21 pm
Forum: News
Topic: WB7.1 Contract Awarded March 3, 2009
Replies: 124
Views: 65531

Charge can be collected from an electron beam that has a wide energy spectrum by a device that is a series of plates with a hole in the center to let the beam pass. Each plate is biased to collect a small part of the energy spectrum. The device I am familiar with was used on a CW free electron laser...