How to Theoretically Create a Halo Ring Mechanism for Mass Destruction

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The discussion revolves around the theoretical creation of a halo ring mechanism intended for mass destruction through radiation, specifically targeting all life within a radius of 25,000 light-years. Participants explore the feasibility of such a concept, including the energy requirements and potential physical limitations.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant proposes using millions of lasers to focus energy on a black body to achieve extremely high temperatures, referencing Stefan's law to calculate the energy output.
  • Another participant suggests that the concept is purely fictional and encourages the original poster to use imagination rather than scientific principles.
  • A different participant raises concerns about the immense energy requirements, comparing it to the energy output of several supernovas and mentioning the impact of stars on radiation distribution.
  • Another contributor agrees with the skepticism regarding the feasibility of the energy requirements, indicating that current technology cannot support such a mechanism.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally express skepticism about the feasibility of the proposed mechanism, with multiple competing views on the role of scientific principles versus imaginative concepts. There is no consensus on the viability of the idea.

Contextual Notes

The discussion highlights limitations related to the energy calculations and the assumptions about technology and physical laws, which remain unresolved.

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I have been interested in the story of halo lately. I have trying to come up with a way to theoretically create a mechanism that kills all life via radiation in a 25,000 ly radius. (The function of a halo ring).

This is what I have so far, using millions of lasers focusing on one point. Using stefans law, all the lasers fire at this perfect black body with all length dimensions of one and raises its temperature up to the Planck temperature (highest possible temp ~10^32)

P = (10^-8)(10^32)^4 = 10^120 J/S

Since, I am a beginner at physics I don't know where to go from here. I need it to be enough energy to kill all life within a radius of 25,000 ly.
 
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zeromodz, you don't need a physicist to help you "theoretically create a mechanism". Why limit yourself to science when your halo ring is totally ficticious anyway? Just use your imagination to create it!
 
I think this is only going to work with some unobtainium, the energy required is probably on the order of several supernovas (related to this you might be interested to read about gamma-ray bursts). Also you'd have to take into account starts blocking the radiation making the blast less homogeneous than you might want.
 
I'd have to agree w/ the 2 posts above. The amount of energy is not within anything even imaginable extrapolated from current technology, so science isn't going to help you, so just make stuff up.
 

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