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How small can these stellarators get? Is there a necessary minimum strength magnetic field that basically creates a minimum size for a stellarator?
by mozumder 10y ago
How small can these stellarators get? Is there a necessary minimum strength magnetic field that basically creates a minimum size for a stellarator?
- raverbashing 10y agoI'd say the smaller the Stellerator is, the stronger the magnetic fields have to be, as the curve radiuses are smaller So there's probably an ideal size
- krashnburn200 10y agomy math suggests something approximating the size of a star could achieve fusion by using only gravity for containment. I wouldn't want to stand too close to that sucker though.
- pavlov 10y agoIf someone had built such an object, say 10,000 light years away, what would it look like to us?
- krashnburn200 10y agonothing for 10,000 years - however long ago they built it.
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- k__ 10y agobut aren't stars varying extremely in size?
- wolrah 10y ago> but aren't stars varying extremely in size? Woosh. A star is a fusion reactor using only gravity for containment.
- photogrammetry 10y agoWell, they're only just barely contained. Things spew out radiation like nobody's business.
- analognoise 10y agoI read this as such dry humor, I have to ask if you are English.
- krashnburn200 10y agoTexan