Recent content by Alfred2011

Outstanding reply Diotini, I appreciate your response very much! I would also encourage particle physics experts to use the data you've provided to give a ballpark idea of how much anti-matter might be generated by the lightning you've described above.

Thanks MrDemantao! Appreciate you taking the time to respond.

Do you have any ideas on where to go for an answer? NASA website?

A relatively recent story about anti-matter being created by lightning caught my eye. http://www.space.com/10602-antimatter-beams-thunderstorms-nasa.html I was curious if anyone on this forum could quantify "how much" antimatter could be created by a terrestrial lightning strike...

Any comments on what I've proposed for the source of energy that creates virtual particles in the first place?

Thanks to all for your comments. I appreciate the thought that all of you put into your responses. Thanks again, AL

I agree about the power to weight...and also it does have moving parts. Those parts are subject to wear but not oxidation like here on Earth. As with any engineering solution, there are plusses and minuses to any design. What I proposed was that the pluses of not needing fuel, and a potential...

Russ, I agree, however, compared to batteries or nuclear type energy generation, the Stirling would continue to operate (barring mechanical issues or evaporation of the confined gas), while the batteries would not last. As an engineer, I definitely understand that cost to get something into...

Dr. Chinese...this goes in a slightly different direction than entangled particles...but...attempts to address virtual particle creation and its source of energy for creation as potentially from black holes. Just throwing out an idea for Step 1. I had proposed in another post (I'll have to...

No. I don't believe I am the victim of anything other than a lack of knowledge about the subject matter, thus the reason for the question. As Dr. Chinese mentioned in his previous posts...I am asking from a perspective of step 1. Once I understand step 1, then would be the time to move on...

Question: If two particles are entangled, and instead of "measuring" one, you were to take apply a physical force to it, would the other particle experience the same physical force. Simple minded analogy (for my purposes): If on a billiard table two ball are entangled, and you hit one with...

Curious your thoughts about the use of a Stirling engine to power a space station, auxiliary power for space ships inside the inner solar system, and power for space colonies in the inner solar system. I think a Stirling engine would be great to generate an electrical field, and thus provide...

To Christopher G's comment... The actual intent would be to reap the benefit of matter and anti-matter annihilations, the starting point being the use of virtual particles which are theoretically being produced everywhere in the Universe all the time. It is not intrinsic to the idea that the...

My grasp of physics is limited, however, I am an engineer, thus I am asking for other's assistance in understanding how to delay the annihilation of a virtual particle pair. Most literature I've read, indicates a virtual particle pair is "real" if only briefly. QUESTION: How long is...