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[zapkitty]

opensource wrote:
Vansig said that one-third to one-half of the total output is x-rays. Doesn’t this mean that the output in other spectra would be significant?

No. The x-rays are produced by a specific process in the plasmoid called bremsstrahlung and in an FF DPF plasmoid that process produces mostly x-rays. The specific energies of the x-rays generated are governed by the fuel, the temperature and the nature of the plasma confinement. The plasmoid is not a wide-spectrum energy source.

If you are looking for energy to scavenge to achieve fusion then as far as FF DPF output power is concerned you would have the beam of charged particles, a pretty omnidirectional burst of x-rays and the heat. An FF unit would be very efficient.

Will other things be produced? Yes, but not enough of anything to affect the balance of power.

Bremsstrahlung, often referred to as “brem” or “brems” in fusion-speak 🙂 , actually cools the fusing plasma and is unwanted. It was initially supposed that brem losses would stop a DPF plasmoid from achieving a self-sustaining plasma burn, or “ignition”, and thus make practical DPF power generators impossible. But Lerner-hakase and company realized that the extreme magnetic field in a DPF core would be strong enough to cut down on brem losses… theoretically at least enough to enable a burn and move a practical DPF power generator from “impossible” to “perhaps feasible.”

opensource wrote: How do I find the proportions of the various different types of energy outputs?

If you are speaking of things that would affect the power balance, which is what I gathered from your questions, then it seems that you are looking for something that isn’t there.

opensource wrote: Also, are the x-rays all the same frequency? If not, then doesn’t this create an issue for capturing them.

The x-ray pulse would not be monochromatic but the spread of energy would be governed by the factors I noted above. And as the “onion” would have to be composed of many thousands of layers of metal foil to work it would, by its nature, be engineered to capture a wider spectrum than lower-energy photoelectric converters.

opensource wrote: I take it this “pulse of charged particles” (loose language in my opinion) is mostly x-rays

No, it’s a pulse of charged particles. In a beam no less 🙂 These would be alpha particles for the most part.The brem x-rays are an annoyance in that they have to be reduced as much as possible and what cannot be eliminated needs to be harvested.

opensource wrote: In theory, what charged particle or EM frequency would be the most ideal for converting into electrons using photo-voltaics?

side note: The onion is photoelectric in nature… photovoltaics are a branch of photoelectrics. Although I’ve made the error myself when speaking of FF it’s not quite the same thing.

Ideal? From an FF? Converting the beam would be a few more percent efficient than converting the x-rays. The heat cannot be efficiently converted to electricity with current tech.