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This is a pretty neat result. I wonder if it could be used to study plasma and/or fusion.
by ChuckMcM 3y ago
This is a pretty neat result. I wonder if it could be used to study plasma and/or fusion.
- mumumu 3y agoAlso detonation. It Could make Rotation Detonation Engines possible.
- nomel 3y agoIsn’t it inertial? What would the equivalent be with plasma/fusion?
- willis936 3y agoShooting rings of plasma. Forming a ring of hot dense plasma moving quickly is an exercise for the reader. It's alluring because turbulent modes are one of the leakier parts of magnetic confinement fusion devices. "Confining turbulence" is a thing that makes plasma physicists sit up in their chair.
- DrBazza 3y ago> "Confining turbulence" is a thing that makes plasma physicists sit up in their chair. Self-confined, doubly so.
- zmgsabst 3y agoWe have that part covered; though unclear that we could get four systems into close enough proximity without negatively impacting each other. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bDXXWQxK38 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bDXXWQxK38 Still, if it allowed for more complete burning and/or less power input per axis…
- nomel 3y agoBut does this inertial phenomenon somehow translate to plasma? Is there some analog in the physics, or are these comments speculation?
- willis936 3y agoBulk plasmas behave as fluids as described by magnetohydronamic theory. If you observe a behavior in fluids there is a good chance that behavior will exist in plasmas if scaled correctly in size and time. Plasmas are, obviously, much more complicated. This warrants experimentation though because no one has ever tested something like this.
- lost_tourist 3y agoI was wondering the same. I know very little about either, but it reminds me of the containment issues that plasma fusion has, and I wondered if they could do something similar and make a controlled turbulence.