A plasma compression fusion device which includes a hollow duct and at least one pair of opposing counterspinning dynamic fusors. What is the current state of research on force field technology. A brief introduction to plasma accelerators aip publishing. By amplifying that exposed gravitational strong force, and using antimatter reactor high energy, and then directing it, it is possible to lift a craft from the earth and then change directions by vectoring the shaped antigravity force field thus generated. The electrical conductivity and the density of the gas or plasma are also highly relevant in this. The discharge plasma evolution of a dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuator is numerically simulated in the threedimensional space. This is a cool idea that i had while reading some physics books so i figured i would give it a try. Low temperature plasma physics is the driving force of plasma technology which is considered to be one of the key technologies of the 21st century. Important information about this third technology is available on bob lazars website. The plasma window is a reallive object that resembles the force field, it provides a separation between vacuum and gas. With current technology, this volume is quite small and the plasma is generated as a flat plane inside a cylindrical space plasma is any gas whose atoms or molecules have been ionized, and is a separate phase of matter. The ideal of a force field may be from the vector field, thought it resembled the warding spells, the protective magic that was claimed to be used by shamans from long ago research and development. Introduction to plasma physics is the standard text for an introductory lecture course on plasma physics.
These same pathways could be created by launching metal pellets that leave conductive trails as they fly. The jet produces a turbulent flow field and features guided streamers propagating at several that follow the chaotic argon flow pattern, yielding a plasma plume with steep spatial gradients and a time dependence on the scale while the downstream chemistry unfolds within several seconds. Mar 30, 2015 in simple terms, the plasma force field is meant to divert, reflect, or absorb the energy generated by a blast. As for the technology, brian tillotson, the boeing senior technical fellow who filed the patent, told nbc news that a microwave generator would be the most likely way to project the force field, since lasers are. Plasma, in physics, an electrically conducting medium in which there are roughly equal numbers of positively and negatively charged particles, produced when the atoms in a gas become ionized. A force field, sometimes known as an energy shield, force shield, or deflector shield is a concept of a field tighly bounded and of significant magnitude so that objects affected by the particular force relating to the field are unable to pass through the central axis of the field.
Plasma shield for inair beam processes brookhaven national. Mar 23, 2015 airplane giant boeing granted patent for force field technology boeing has successfully obtained a patent for a force field like technology designed to protect targets from fatal explosions and. Successively accelerated ionic wind with integrated. A magnetic field helps align charged particles and keep them in closer proximity to one another. The effective range of the force field would be small compared to the dimensions of a nearby source of charged particles, such as a plasma confined by the force field. Under special conditions, plasma may also contain negative ions.
As a result magnetic energy is converted into kinetic energy. The traditionally metaphysical concept of a protective force field, seen only in science fiction tales like star wars and star trek, could be realized for practical use, in a limited sense. Theraphi plasma healing field technology is a powerful centripetal broad spectra phase conjugate field both plasma optical and elf based on the famous priore device the net effect was a highly stimulating and healing and rejuvenating to most cellular life. There is only one true ideal of creating a force shield. The modern concept of the plasma state is of recent origin, dating back only to the early 1950s. These are transcriptions of the notes from which i teach the single semester course introduction to plasma physics. Force fields have been a mainstay in science fiction since just about forever. In the frame of the guiding center a force appears because the plasma is rotating about the center of curvature. Electromagnetic forces occur when an electromagnetic field interacts with electrically charged particles, such as those that make up a plasma ie.
Brown, in the physics and technology of ion sources, ed. A force field is a field of energy that usually blocks something. Radiation shielding dominated mass of the settlement. Each dynamic fusor has a plurality of orifices and an outer surface which is electrically charged. Airplane giant boeing granted patent for force field. In terms of the field, the magnetic force on i dl is equation 3. The idea is to let a vehicles armor handle the physical projectiles and use the force field to protect soldiers from the shockwave. An effect of magnetic field on arc plasma flow article pdf available in ieee transactions on plasma science 301. The spanwise nonuniformity in the body force field is analyzed, and the validity of the twodimensional analysis is discussed.
The first thruster uses only rf power and a magnetic field to create thrust. The fast and highly localized electron impact reactions in. The force is perpendicular to both the current element and magnetic field vector. This fictional technology is created as a field of energy without mass that acts as a wall, so that objects affected by the particular force. Numerical study on spanwise nonuniformity in bodyforce. Simple and easy to built with my own high voltage power supply device. The propulsion of a vehicle powered by a tesla drive is by the use of an additional ac generator at the back which stiffens the spacetime continuum behind the vehicle and a dc brush generator at the front which weakens the spacetime continuum in front.
Aug 29, 2011 a force field, sometimes known as an energy shield, force shield, or deflector shield is a concept of a field tighly bounded and of significant magnitude so that objects affected by the particular force relating to the field are unable to pass through the central axis of the field and reach the other side. I have absolutely no idea what the chinese are researching. In a crt television, a gun fires a beam of electrons negativelycharged particles inside a large glass tube. Plasma sources science and technology, volume 15, number 4. Force field simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Despite the heroic efforts for which i am very grateful to translate my handwritten materials into latex, and extensive editing on my part, i dont doubt that there are many typographical errors. The plasma window is a technology that fills a volume of space with plasma confined by a magnetic field. Coupled with electronic jamming systems, it seems to work pretty well. Robert walsh, deputy commandant for combat development and integration, explained in a usni report that testing is. Force fields are also used to hold air in a space ship when a hole is created.
This dissertation presents an experimental investigation into the use of rf plasma in an airbreathing electric propulsion system. It protects a person, area, or object from attacks or intrusions. Boeing filed a patent in 2012 for shockwave attenuation via electromagnetic arc. Arc plasma jet with higher energy density is desirable for welding and cutting technology mawson, m, 1988. In simple terms, the plasma force field is meant to divert, reflect, or absorb the energy generated by a blast. The course is intended only as a first plasma physics course, but includes what i take to be the critical concepts needed for a foundation for further study. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service. A solid undergraduate background in classical physics, electromagnetic theory including maxwells equations, and mathematical familiarity with partial differential equations and complex. What is the current state of research on force field. The plasma window not to be confused with a plasma shield is a technology that fills a volume of space with plasma confined by a magnetic field. The driving force with an ac electric field is inversely proportional to the repetition frequency of the applied voltage in eq. Department of mechanical engineering piezoelectricity. Lecture notes introduction to plasma physics i nuclear. Lorentz force, the force exerted on a charged particle q moving with velocity v through an electric e and magnetic field b.
Tesla used high voltage at gigahertz frequencies for his electropulsion system. The following short description of industrial applications of plasma processing and technology shows how widespread the impact of plasma technology is. Mar 23, 2015 boeing is working on bringing a real working force field to military vehicles, using plasma to deflect shockwaves from explosions. Gravity control by means of electromagnetic field through. A force field prevents things from going through it like a blaster bolt or projectile. A theoretical understanding is developed of the singleparticle reflection properties of a force field, considering the incident charged particles to have a nondrifting.
How do you think the electromagnets will change what you see. The force field is common in science fiction and fantasy stories. Mar 30, 2015 alternatively, the force field could be generated by firing lasers that induce plasma channels in the air, which provide a path for an electric discharge to create the plasma shield. Boeing granted patent for force field technology youtube. Numerical study on spanwise nonuniformity in bodyforce field. It include the electric force, which produces electric fields between charged forces, and the magnetic force, which manifests itself as magnetic fields wherever there are moving charges.
On the other extreme, quarkgluon plasmas although mediated via the strong force field versus the electromagnetic field are extremely dense nuclear states of matter. In combination, the pairs of dynamic fusors create a concentrated magnetic energy flux. Aircraft and military manufacturer boeing has been granted a patent on a system that is designed to prevent explosion shockwaves from harming a target. At the 1030 year horizon, force field tailoring can be used to build the first large human habitat at a lagrangian point of the earthmoon system. The radius of this corkscrew is known as a the larmor radius, gyroradius or radius of gyration. It is a special kind of ionized gas and in general consists of. By ionizing a monomer gas, certain types of polymers can be. This video demonstrates how a magnetic field affects the charged particles in a plasma arc.
With current technology, this volume is quite small and the plasma is generated as a flat plane inside a cylindrical space. A sinusoidal voltage at the electrode is simulated, and the simulation successfully reproduces the characteristics of. It describes the motion of our particle under the action of the magnetic field only. For temperature or energy, some plasma crystal states produced in the laboratory have temperatures close to absolute zero.
Mar 25, 2015 the idea is to let a vehicles armor handle the physical projectiles and use the force field to protect soldiers from the shockwave. The hollow duct includes a vacuum chamber disposed within the hollow duct. These effects depend on a variety of parameters such as plasma type, the gas, the electric field strength, the. The topics page provides close to 200 subject areas in plasma science and technology and nearly 100 applications. In most cases the electrons are close enough to thermal equilibrium that their temperature is relatively welldefined, even when there is a significant deviation from a maxwellian energy distribution function, for example due to uv radiation. Application technologies for coating, lamination and finishing of technical textiles. Even in a partially ionized plasma, the force on a charged particle by a magnetic field is significant. According to the theory samples hung above the gas or plasma should exhibit a weight decrease when the frequency of the electromagnetic field is decreased or when the intensity of the electromagnetic field is increased. Force fields and plasma shields get closer slashdot. Boeings plasma force field aims to shield vehicles against.
Whats keeping this highenergy radiation at bay seems to be neither the earths magnetic field nor longrange radio waves, but rather a phenomenon termed plasmaspheric hiss very lowfrequency electromagnetic waves in the earths upper atmosphere that, when played through a speaker, resemble static, or white noise. With current technology, this volume is quite small and. Plasma is then a collection of the various charged particles that are free to move in response to fields they generate or fields that are applied to the collection and, on the average, is almost electrically neutral. The system generates a plasma shield using lasers, electricity and microwaves after detecting a nearby explosion. This page introduces the major fields of application listed at the right. Over this period, plasma processes have also permeated a much broader range of industries. This centrifugal force is f cf f cf m 2 v r c pointing outward 2.
Plasma is an electrically neutral gas in which all positive and negative chargesfrom neutral atoms, negatively charged electrons, and positively charged ionsadd up to zero. In speculative fiction, a force field, sometimes known as an energy shield, force shield, force bubble, defence shield or deflector shield, is a barrier made of energy, plasma, or particles. The test was the first field demonstration of the enhanced contact plasma reactor, conducted under an air force civil engineer center contract with primary contractor, clarkson university and teaming partner, gsi environmental. It is sometimes referred to as the fourth state of matter, distinct from the solid, liquid, and gaseous states. For each field, most or all of the plasma processes listed below are an essential ingredient.
Plasma treatment has been an essential production tool for more than 30 years in the fabrication of microelectronic devices for example. Where the positive and negative magnetic field lines are nearly antiparallel a process called magnetic field line mergingcan take place. The course, which was open to all iit students, served to introduce the basic concept of plasmas and to describe the potentially practical uses of plasma. It may not be the stuff of starfleet just yet, but the shield. Shockwaves from blasts are quite dangerous too though it might seem the force field has limited scope, shock waves generated by bombs manyatimes cause equal if not greater damage to structures, rendering them unusable at best, or. Alternatively, the force field could be generated by firing lasers that induce plasma channels in the air, which provide a path for an electric discharge to create the plasma shield. We introduce an electron force field eff that makes simulation of large scale excited electron dynamics possible and practical. As weapons get more sophisticated, researchers are trying to build defence systems that can keep pace, and whats better than a force field. Plasma temperature is commonly measured in kelvin or electron volts, and is roughly speaking a measure of the thermal kinetic energy per particle. Now, the future may finally be close at hand as boeing recently patented a method and system for shock wave. The entire electromagnetic force f on the charged particle is called the lorentz force after the dutch physicist hendrik a.
This is an overview of the technology behind plasma. Owing to the presence of free ions, using plasma for ion sources is quite natural. Gerard oneill proposed such habitats and explored their construction in the 1970s. I like to think of electrons and ions as corkscrewing along electric and magnetic field lines. A university of washington group in seattle has been. The ponderomotive force produced by ultra short laser pulses interacting with the plasma is considered and the resulting acceleration gradient is. The plasma window is a reallive object that resembles the force. Electrohydrodynamic ehd force is used for active control of fluid motion and for the generation of propulsive thrust by inducing ionic wind with no moving parts. Laval type nozzle is a popular structure for supersonic fluid utilization. An expression for the total electric and magnetic forces on a single particle is required to treat beam dynamics. Plasma actually does make a functional force field. An electron force field for simulating large scale excited. Therefore, the plasma current is regulated by a balance between the driving force of the electric field and the restricting force of the neutral particle velocity and collisions. Study of rf plasma technology applied to airbreathing.
Boeing patents star treklike force field technology for vehicles. Boeing is working on bringing a real working force field to military vehicles, using plasma to deflect shockwaves from explosions. Spatially periodic electromagnetic force field for plasma. The texts six sections lead readers systematically and comprehensively through the fundamentals of modern plasma physics. Its been operating a prototype gas plasma plant at hurlburt field air force base in florida for the last few years. Mostly because other technologies are more likely to succeed. How does plasma respond to both electric and magnetic fields. Due to its central importance to many technologies there is a great demand for highly educated plasma scientists worldwide. Plasma current regulated by balance between driving and.
Boeing has patented a plasma force field to protect. Shows how to control spinning the plasma to a vortex with magnetic field. Airplane giant boeing granted patent for force field technology boeing has successfully obtained a patent for a force fieldlike technology designed to protect targets from fatal explosions and. Boeing patents star treklike force field technology for. The forces acting on thousands of electrons and nuclei can be computed in less than a second on a single modern processor. Just as conventional force fields parameterize the ground state potential between nuclei, with electrons implicitly included, electron. Three basic fields of study made unique early contributions to the development of plasma physics as a discipline. Airplane giant boeing granted patent for force field technology. Apr 04, 2016 this video demonstrates how a magnetic field affects the charged particles in a plasma arc. Plasma applications an overview sciencedirect topics. Boeing has patented a plasma force field to protect against. Lectures in plasma physics this manuscript is the written version of seven twohour lectures that i gave as a minicourse in plasma physics at illinois institute of technology in 1978 and 1980.
Boeings plasma force field aims to shield vehicles. Air force tests plasma reactor to degrade, destroy. For plasmas, transverse magnetic tm modes are often preferred because. The united states air force usaf is also at the cutting edge of gas plasma technology, with a keen interest in reducing the waste it generates in war zones. We are only beginning to see the potential uses and benefits of plasma. Pdf measurement of the body force field of plasma actuators. Boeing patents a reallife force field defense systems. The basic reason why electromagnetic phenomena are so important in cosmical physics is that there exist celestial magnetic fields which affect the motion of charged particles in space. Finding good methods to increase the energy density of arc plasma jet is one of the many key problems confronting researchers of plasma field. There are, to be bold, millions of folks around the globe creating and using plasma based systems for everything from agriculture, food replacement, motive force, healing and pain control, fuel efficiency increases, home heating load reduction, as well as other fields. Sections on singleparticle motion, plasmas as fluids, and collisional processes in plasmas lay the groundwork for a thorough understanding of the subject. Plasma exists in many forms in nature and has a widespread use in science and technology. Ion and hall thrusters march 2008 the research described in this publication was carried out at the jet propulsion laboratory, california institute of technology, under a contract with the national aeronautics and space administration. How plasma displays work by tom harris for the past 75 years, the vast majority of televisions have been built around the same technology.
Lectures in plasma physics illinois institute of technology. Based on the requirements for such a system, two novel thrusters are tested in the laboratory. This fictional technology is created as a field of energy without mass that acts as a. Plasma science and technology encyclopedia of life.