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- From: epperson@adobe.com (Mark Epperson)
- Subject: Re: Electrostatic fusion
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.061545.20443@adobe.com>
- Sender: usenet@adobe.com (USENET NEWS)
- Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated
- References: <9212310041.AA08904@anubis.network.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 06:15:45 GMT
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- In article <9212310041.AA08904@anubis.network.com> logajan@anubis.network.com (John Logajan) writes:
- >Lloyd G. Allred, Ph. D. writes:
- >>The sharp points produce enormous fields.
- >
- >It is true that the gradients can be over very short distances, but a
- >proton falling through, say, 20kv has the same final kinetic energy
- >whether the 20kv gradient is spread over a meter or an angstrom.
- >
- Please forgive me if I am asking a stupid question (this is not my field). Does
- this mean the the D ions will be more concentrated at the tip? Possibly
- increasing the probability of an event IN the PD latice?
-
- just a thought,
- Mark Epperson
-