Reply To: "bird cage" plasmoid

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Alburton wrote: According to Mike B Hopkins:…

Hopkins conception of DPF neutron sourcing was both
outdated and based on a misunderstanding of the LPP
experimental goals…. apparently aggravated by aggravation
with LPP, but you’d have to ask him about that 🙂

The LPP paper in question, the one describing record DPF
temperatures sufficient for hydrogen-boron fusion,

[em]Fusion reactions from >150keV ions in a dense
plasma focus plasmoid[/em] in Physics of Plasmas
19, 032704 (2012)

… answers the question of ion beams as the sole source for
the neutrons: while some neutrons do come from the beam
the bulk of the neutrons – approximately 60% – come from a
confined plasma.

This is discussed thoroughly in the section titled

III. DATA ANALYSIS

…specifically in parts…

B. Neutron energy isotropy
C. Neutron flux anisotropy
D. Timing of neutron emission and beams

And for some charactization of the plasmoids see part

E. Size and density of confined plasma

As for investors… there are investors, substantial ones and
middling ones and there will be more in the coming year, I
believe 😉

And the vulture capitalists, inequity infirms and
exxonmobilian pseudopods…? They lurk at the threshold,
meeping their gibbering cries for backdoor control. Would
you expect otherwise?

Edit: Huh… Still an Admin? I’ve been ill, and it’s not wise to
leave a superadmin account lying open for months. Should
lower my privileges a bit, I think 🙂