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by CaptainBeowulf
Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:51 am
Forum: News
Topic: New Paper from Martin Tajmar.
Replies: 14
Views: 8111

Oh, that actually seems to get referenced in this paper. On page 2: "Some small part of our relatively large liquid helium volume may have been in the superfluid state due to thermal fluctuations. Chiao (1982) and Tajmar and de Matos (2003; 2005) proposed that rotating superfluid helium may be the s...
by CaptainBeowulf
Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:37 am
Forum: News
Topic: New Paper from Martin Tajmar.
Replies: 14
Views: 8111

I seem to recall hearing the theory that the liquid helium itself was acting as some sort of superconductor. Have no idea how that would work, though. IIRC some post on physorg regarding Tajmar's work was how I originally found my way to talk polywell (and commenced lurking before I signed up and po...
by CaptainBeowulf
Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:48 am
Forum: News
Topic: Rick Has A Word or two for sceptics.
Replies: 128
Views: 62546

Hi all. I've lurked here the past couple of years but only just registered - this is my first post. Regarding polywell, I think that many of the people here realize that the odds of it - or any - fusion system working as originally intended are low. However, the only way to learn about fusion is to ...