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Linking plasma formation in grapes to microwave resonances of aqueous dimers
- silent_echo 8y agoSo if the plasma is actually generated at specific points of concentration dictated by the geometry of the resonator, and is dynamically synched to the microwave field, could this not be synched with a magnetic bottle to create (a) stable oscillating contained plasma volume(s)? (After tuning the physical geometry)
- mirimir 8y agoSure, I think. Look at Movie_S04 (MP4).[0] After ~0:56, the plasma is apparently no longer linked to the grapes. 0) https://www.pnas.org/highwire/filestream/849570/field_highwire_adjunct_files/4/pnas.1818350116.sm04.mp4 https://www.pnas.org/highwire/filestream/849570/field_highwi...
- dnautics 8y agoOne of the key insights is the index of refraction in the grape. When I was trying to explain it, I always couldn't get over that order of magnitude problem.
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- rishav_sharan 8y agoEli5 please. Does this means that there's a chance to advance plasma containment based on microwaving grapes?
- alwaysBePblshng 8y agoSome academic type needed to check off the perpetual “publish yet another paper” checkbox, in order to retain a departmental appointment to their title, while they sit and spin on the make-work treadmill.
- aston 8y agoA nice video explainer involving the authors of this paper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCrtk-pyP0I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCrtk-pyP0I
- msravi 8y agoPrevious discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19195692 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19195692