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I thought this article was interesting (and here). It made me think, if a transformation is sufficient to eliminate or create Dark Matter... Then the mystery of the existence of Dark Matter would become a mystery of why all of the other distance measurements are wrong in a universe without Dark...

I was actually recently looking at the same WP article. I also found this disertation interesting: http://idea.library.drexel.edu/bitstream/1860/1123/1/Medina_Jairzinho.pdf"

Perhaps the 2nd para. of the WP article is in error. I'm no expert on the Polywell myself.

I think the polywell operates on a principle somewhat similar to a Penning trap. My understanding is that the field coils generate a cusp and have a positive charge, an electron cloud is contained within the cusp. This configuration has a negative charged center and positively charged field...

So, the ion's have a V|| and a V_|_, the ion's would experience a force in a direction orthogonal to both the magnetic field B and V_|_. What do you mean by "a force opposing them"?

I've seen plenty of research on vortex stabilized inductively coupled discharges. My advisor, back when I was in school, did a dissertation on http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0729782" using bluff body stabilization. I think the efforts were to make...

For devices like: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicon_Double_Layer_Thruster" Ionization is accomplished with a helical antenna. The antenna launches plasma waves that accelerate electrons that collide with atoms. The collision with the atom sometimes transfers enough energy to an electron...

I always thought that the most common form of length contraction was the distance between two charged particles. It's demonstrated by calculating out the electrodynamic forces on one charged particle wrt another. The distance changes depending on the frame of reference.

Cosmic ray spallation produces Tritium in our atmosphere.

I would have to say there is no "Beating" in this case, and there is no aliasing in this case (because the signal is band limited), and I second Uart in saying that the continuous signal can be reconstructed perfectly from the discrete signal with the use of a number of sinc functions...

I don't know, I guess you'll have to do some research on wikipedia.

It's possible to light an LED with a betavoltaic battery. I don't think its possible to make a betavoltaic battery with potassium chloride and aluminum foil. Potassium chloride is not much of a beta source.

You can search PPPL's reports here: http://www.pppl.gov/techreports.cfm" type in ITER. Simulation is just as effective in plasma physics as in other fields. There are many models which are accurate in different ranges of plasma conditions. Most of the models are classical but people are...

I believe that the jab at t' Hooft is due to his recent work in hidden variable theories. From my examination, the paper linked in the OP, doesn't seem to be “Pure Garbage”, it also seems possible to follow his reasoning. Saying that you don't understand is not a valid criticism of a theory...

Are you talking about something like the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebra_of_physical_space"