From: avatar (avatar@renegadeclothing.com.au)
Date: Wed Jan 29 2003 - 02:34:13 MST
Can't find much on linear accelerators as gauss canon, but there's always bits on beam weapons, e.g. this below from 1999.
I'm wondering, however: is inner solar system space sufficiently empty of material to allow the construction of a giant laser without the tubing? Or even a series of such (i.e. just the mirrors/ends).
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from
http://www.llnl.gov/str/Kirbie.html
The team is also collaborating with Stanford Linear Accelerator Center scientists to develop an all-solid-state power source for the Next Linear Collider, now under study as the follow-on to current high-energy physics experiments worldwide. Lawrence Livermore is one of the principal partners in planning this international facility that will study exotic new elementary particles.
For a more day-to-day application, the ARM can be used as a high-voltage power source for cleaning exhaust gases in flues. Other applications include large-scale radiation processing of food products, sterilization of medical equipment, transmutation of atomic waste, and strengthening of materials and tools by firing selected ions into their crystalline structures.
An intriguing possibility is using the technology to convert electron-beam power into laser light via free-electron lasers. In this application, the intense light could be used to power a space station, destroy hostile missiles or aircraft, or propel space vehicles.
The team believes that commercial ARM modulator units for myriad applications could be produced at substantially reduced prices through large production runs. In addition, there is every indication that the power-handling capacity of larger solid-state devices will continue to expand while their costs continue their steep decline. Clearly, linear induction accelerators powered by ARM technology face a bright future.
-Arnie Heller
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