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I wonder what the chances of that happening in nature are?
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ahh yes, tis why we experiment... Remember the DPF uses the *natural* instabilities of plasma... Princeton and the Tokamak boys are using mechanical and very un-natural ways of confining plasma. Lerner essentially dumps a capacitor bank into the plasma, and 'it' kinks up and does it's own thing, although recently adding an initial m-field to the process.
One fusion solution uses the natural instabilities (which match the morphology of celestial objects)
One does not... and is a very expensive metal doughnut.
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I don't quite understand all the angst about magnetic reconnection
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Magnetic monopoles or open magnetic fields do not exist. It's an artifact of using perfect-MHD equations.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6lvw_dfD9Q
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Regarding the 'experts at Princeton'... see the 8minute mark.... which carries over to here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaSErR16gPI
Plasmas are *not* "infinitely conductive".
Do you have a solution for the Gaede fringes?
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For once, we may have some common thoughts ?
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Close.. bit of a stretch tho... invoking alot of ifs... i'd like to see a magnetic reconnection event in the lab first... If they actually make a magnetic monopole, they will make a packet of cash... it would change our economy.... I aint holding my breath tho.
Re: corona... I'm still with the 14yr old... Hot on the outside, warm on the in... colder underneath... It illogical to have a sustained fusion-furnace underneath "powering the whole thing". I'm just hanging around here to see what other gold comes from this young oracle.
Other than that, Craig thanks for posting this here, it's clear plasma physics will play a big role in future astronomy... This are great developments, and the radio telescope funding they are after has my support. Our aussie possum Gaensler is leading the charge.
I'll also now have your post to direct Carl and Bojan too when i get grilled about "wires in space".
i know i know, you're only a messenger.