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The laser is able to vaporize an Earth sized planet in about a second.
mgb_phys said:Then you just need the mass of Earth and the heat of vaporisation of rock ( or the crust)
leftyguitarjo said:allright, the mass of the Earth is 5.97x10^24
I'd like to see this solved. It would also be a neat problem to show to my physics teacher.
Minich said:It is very difficult problem. A screen of ultrarelativistic plasma will be created in the first moment and diisipation of energy will be mainly in this plasma screen
At such power densities vacuum will be olso plasma of particle-antiparticle
And what is the laser freaquency and width of the ray? How do we focus it?
Crosson said:(1000th post!)
If we use the average density of the earth, the radius of the earth, and a destruction time of 0.5 seconds (maybe someone with a stop watch and a new hope DVD can do a better estimate) I calculate a total energy of 2*10^32 Joules, which would be over a trillion megatons!
Minich said:It is very difficult problem. A screen of ultrarelativistic plasma will be created in the first moment and diisipation of energy will be mainly in this plasma screen
At such power densities vacuum will be olso plasma of particle-antiparticle
And what is the laser freaquency and width of the ray? How do we focus it?
The estimated power of the laser on board of Darth Vader's Death Star is approximately 10^38 watts, which is equivalent to the power output of millions of suns.
The power of the laser on board of Darth Vader's Death Star is significantly higher than any other laser known to exist. It is considered to be the most powerful weapon in the Star Wars universe.
The power source for the laser on board of Darth Vader's Death Star is a hypermatter reactor, which converts hypermatter into energy to power the laser and other systems on the Death Star.
The range of the laser on board of Darth Vader's Death Star is estimated to be approximately 1 light year, which means it can destroy planets from great distances.
The laser on board of Darth Vader's Death Star is extremely accurate, thanks to advanced targeting systems and precise calculations. However, it is not infallible and can be affected by external factors such as gravitational pull or countermeasures from enemy ships.