In reply to John Berry's message of Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:27:00 +1200: Hi, [snip] >Yes. >You form a capacitor between a thread of plasma and a plate or cylinder. > >When you turn off the plasma it becomes a 1 terminal capacitor which greatly >raises the voltage and energy.
I think you will find that there is a voltage rise, but not an energy increase. The reason for the voltage rise is that the capacitance is suddenly reduced, while the charge remains more or less constant. Any energy increase would be very interesting, and would open up a whole new area of physics. [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
