Recent content by Eric Willems

Hi, For a Science Fiction story I'm writing, I'd like to know the rate of production of electron/positron pairs in a Catalyzed Schwinger Mechanism (?). Specifically, how long should a VARIES spacecraft (Vacuum to Antimatter Rocket, as proposed by Richard Obousy at the British Interplanetary...

Thank you very much for your help BvU. Pending. Eric

I'm sure you're right. I probably set the parameters out of ignorance. Let's rephrase : The event take place some 800 years into the future. The location is a planet orbiting an F9 star. It's a runaway greenhouse effect world. The only inhabitable areas are the flat tops of a few very high...

Thank you so much BvU for your answer, I think I'm getting closer to visualize this. But the energy needed is fantastic! Is there any hardware that could withstand this voltage and amperage without frying or vaporizing before the 37 seconds have passed? I mean to continue discharging electricity...

Hi, For a book that I’m writing, i need to know how to describe the following, if the situation described is ever possible, otherwise I'll have to come up with another scenario. A surge of high voltage electricity at a gas-insulated switchgear creates a flashover whose Breaker Current Failure...