tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071936218849577375.post7171743841603170243..comments2024-03-19T23:20:47.782-07:00Comments on Unintentional Irony: The Gamma LaserJames Killushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08265296146264452333noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071936218849577375.post-74858273531107776652010-06-06T18:54:54.317-07:002010-06-06T18:54:54.317-07:00Your barking up the wrong tree. I'm throwing i...Your barking up the wrong tree. I'm throwing in my dice with BEC molecular positronium for the gamma laser.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071936218849577375.post-2790134374821875052009-10-14T09:50:17.115-07:002009-10-14T09:50:17.115-07:00Actually I've pondered this awhile myself.
I b...Actually I've pondered this awhile myself.<br />I believe it is possible. The laser should be constructed of a lot of grazing light pipes that collect all of the emissions from a central core and direct them back through the core again. The exit port(s) would be where there is no light pipe to collect emissions. The core could be any radioactive isotope that can be induced.<br />I see it as the holy grail for nudging an asteroid from a long distance away... though it would be a potent weapon system as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071936218849577375.post-25490803357235423262009-04-26T22:41:00.000-07:002009-04-26T22:41:00.000-07:00Dr. Kapale at WIU and several authors from the Nat...Dr. Kapale at WIU and several authors from the National Science Institute and Institute for Applied Science in Russia are looking at using the lasing without inversion (LWI) phenomenon to generate short bursts of coherent gamma wavelengths. It's all theoretical at this point but the phenomenon could lead to a working gamma laser or "graser". Which would be cool. Nothing like stripping something down to atomic fragments and having the leftovers annihilate everything around them with secondary emissions. Practical applications beyond the obviously military escape me at the moment but I'm sure there's something in quantum research that could use something like that. I also can't think of what you'd use as a backstop to prevent said graser from annihilating everything in a straight line in front of it if it fired for more than a few nanoseconds...Aaronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071936218849577375.post-63982828635530365082009-04-22T15:06:00.000-07:002009-04-22T15:06:00.000-07:00If stimulated emission could be used on radioactiv...If stimulated emission could be used on radioactive substances, would that be a good way to rapidly decommission nuclear waste?<br /><br />For example if the waste were to be "enriched" by the same means as fuel is, until population inversion is achieved, and then arranged with reflectors so that amplification is possible, could that dramatically reduce the half-life of a gamma source?Gidsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071936218849577375.post-60670452642481785222008-10-19T19:31:00.000-07:002008-10-19T19:31:00.000-07:00Did you read thepeice by Sharon about Over the pas...Did you read thepeice by Sharon about Over the past 24 hours, seven people have checked into hospitals here with telltale symptoms. Rashes, vomiting, high temperature, and cramps: the classic signs of smallpox. Once thought wiped out, the disease is back and threatening a pandemic of epic proportions.<BR/><BR/>The government faces a dilemma: It needs people to stay home, but if the news breaks, mass panic might ensue as people flee the city, carrying the virus with them.<BR/><BR/>A shadowy media firm steps in to help orchestrate a sophisticated campaign of mass deception. Rather than alert the public to the smallpox threat, the company sets up a high-tech “ops center” to convince the public that an accident at a chemical plant threatens London. As the fictitious toxic cloud approaches the city, TV news outlets are provided graphic visuals charting the path of the invisible toxins. Londoners stay indoors, glued to the telly, convinced that even a short walk into the streets could be fatal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071936218849577375.post-19828995553398342802007-12-21T11:46:00.000-08:002007-12-21T11:46:00.000-08:00The gamma laser described by the Bowman patent alm...The gamma laser described by the Bowman patent almost certainly is to be run under cryogenic conditions.<BR/><BR/>If you mean "momentarily deep freezing" a bomb-based gamma laser, the "freezing" would not survive the absorption of the hard x-rays from the bomb; the crystal lattice would be destroyed by the absorption recoil of the atoms involved.James Killushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08265296146264452333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071936218849577375.post-52270060444147437862007-12-20T20:39:00.000-08:002007-12-20T20:39:00.000-08:00Thanks, lets build it! I need something to get rid...Thanks, lets build it! I need something to get rid of these pigeons outside my window.<BR/><BR/>Seriously, why wouldn't momentarily deep freezing the medium reduce the recoil loss?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com