Vanadium50 wrote,
"That site seems to have the legal philosophy of "how to hide what you are doing so that the law enforcement agencies never find it". That's an odd attitude for something legal."
Plain and simple, that is a false statement. If you spend even a minute browsing that site...
Hi Blenton,
ZapperZ is the expert. Why risk anything dangerous or possibly unlawful? The project is discontinued, disassembled and I am returning to my interest in silicon based plasma.
The accelerator related youtube videos have also been removed in the interest of public safety. I would...
In the interest of clarity, I feel it is necessary to explain my last post.
ZapperZ is absolutely correct. A project like this poses multiple hazards and should not be attempted.
After careful consideration, I have decided to discontinue this endeavor.
"You seem to have done everything except the safety consideration."
Ha! I wish you were right. Actually this is just the very early stages of the beginning. I am not even close to the middle yet. Just a quick list of things to do include (but not limited to):
1) Ion Gun design
2) Ion Gun...
Attached is a youtube update (part 2) on the Accelerator tube. At this time I am working on the ION Gun. That will be my next youtube installment (part 3).
Mark
Regarding the books. All are good for beginners except Bruno Rossi's High-Energy Particles. That one is fairly complex theory with a lot of math.
However, the best one I know of for beginners is ACCELERATORS: MACHINES OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS By Robert R. Wilson. This publication is widely...
Hi Bob,
I will answer you questions in the order asked.
1) I plan on accelerating protons.
2) Vacuum will be in the realm of 10e-7 torr. Shouldnt be a problem with the diff pump and some conflats.
3)The VDG will be a 750kv model with a 22" dome.
4) The drift tube spacing is 3/4"...
The attached photo and youtube link is my current progress regarding the engineering and building of the 1971 Scientific American plans of a particle accelerator. My design will differ in several ways specific to vacuum tube, drift tube and equipotential ring design. However, the basic concept...