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On the other hand, the octahedron alone has the important all-even-vertex property that allows the polywell to work. Two-coloring the octahedron yields 4 faces of one color, 4 faces of the other color, but opposite faces of the octahedron will have different colors. Good catch!! And I've been pushi...

I don't think the direction of the opposite coil is important. What is important is the alternating N-S-N-S at each vertex. At least for the polyhedra of which I am aware, the two statements (opposites oppose and NSNS) are synonymous, though I don't know if the MUST be. But since all the ones we ar...

Bringing this moderately back on topic, MSimon's point that the sizes of the building/shielding/etc are likely to be in "English" measurements because the US construction industry works in "English" measures is a legitimate one. But even within that industry, the names of the sizes of goods is not c...

Meters and yards are easy if you do not have to bee tooo precise with it. A yard is roughly 1 meter (well 1 meter is 1.09 yards). So that is not so bad. I usually simply multiply meters by 3 to get a rough estimate in feet. And to get pounds you multiply the kilograms by 2 (well 2.2 if you have to ...

My understanding is that high Tc superconductors have problems with large currents in large magnetic fields. As MSimon said in another thread, the field lines interfere with Cooper Pair formation, and it just doesn't work very well. This is viewed as a limit on the strength of the coils using high ...

I'm to lazy to research it, so I'll ask instead. Can the relativistic model cover perminate magnets, non-moving particles / objects in magnetic fields (magnet stuck on a refrigerater door)? Can the Left hand rule be explained on this basis? And, just to demonstrate my ignorance, what does this view...

In this experiment, the choice of reference frame modulates the existence of the magnetic force. You can turn it on or off depending upon where you stand or sit. It is therefore not a “real” force. It is nothing more and nothing less than a direct consequence of Einstein’s theory of relativity. Tha...

"PART II: Quantum Theory" Page 60 "The Zitterbewegung Interpretation" If I read that correctly (and it isn't certain I am), Hestenes is proposing that a small contribution to the solution to the Dirac equation has a physical meaning? That the Zitterbewegung noticed and named by Erwin Schrödinger is...

alexjrgreen: "Read Ch 8 of Hestnes book" Which Hestnes book is that? The one you suggested: David Hestenes (1966). Space-Time Algebra, Gordon & Breach. http://modelingnts.la.asu.edu/pdf/SpaceTimeCalc.pdf The chapter entitled "Directed Integrals and the Fundamental Theorem", in the part of the book ...

This was the excellent little book that I found most useful. It has derivations for Maxwell, Schrodinger, Dirac and GR equations all using geometric algebra machinery. Quaternions are a sub-algebra of the space-time algebra. S-T algebra is more powerful but has necessarily more overhead than quater...

It is not clear to me from this discussion: Are quarternions simply an alternative but equivalent formulation to vectors, at least as far as E&M is concerned, with different and beneficial numerical properties? Or does the quarternion formulation allow solutions that are contradicted by the vector ...

Someone tell me what I'm missing.... My understanding is that high Tc superconductors have problems with large currents in large magnetic fields. As MSimon said in another thread, the field lines interfere with Cooper Pair formation, and it just doesn't work very well. This is viewed as a limit on t...

From the Valencia paper, I got the impression that Dr. B anticipated WB-7 to be a continuous operation "at least tens of milliseconds" square plan-form magnet polywell. Seems to have turned out quite different. Don't think of Dr. Nebel's work as Bussard's WB-7, think of it as Bussard's WB-6, the do...

Dang! They messed up! Dr. B wanted a square plan-form not circular. At least that is what he suggested in his Valencia paper. What was the timing of the Valencia paper? Was it before or after WB-6? As far as I recall, one of the big breakthoughs with WB-6 was the realization of how important it was...

Assuming a practical superconducter that operates at 200 K or above is achieved, what could be used as a coolant, other than liquid nitrogen. Would liquid amonia, methane, or some compound- like a mixture of methane and an alcohol, etc be possible. I'm guessing things like viscosity, conductivity, ...