On Wednesday, September 17, 2003, at 02:44 PM, Henry Spencer wrote:
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Randall Clague wrote:I put together a proposal to use a pulsed variant of this device on one of the upcoming mars missions (actually just a proposal to nail down all of the issues related to use of such a device). The objective would be to do in situ neutron activation analysis, using a gamma ray detector phase locked to the frequency of the fusor pulses. This allows easy separation of background events, and also permits discrimination of prompt and delayed gammas. It would have been a cute little instrument. There are similar instruments used in oil well logging.http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,510054502,00.html
Sounds more than a bit like the electrostatic fusion reactor in Analog a few years ago. I'm glad someone built one. Especially a high school kid!
Don't get too excited -- note that it's a well-known type of device and
there are a number of similar machines in existence already. It's a
remarkable project for a high-school kid working on a shoestring, but it's
not a breakthrough in fusion technology.
......Andrew
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