Re: Z-Machine Sparkage

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>


Ahh.  The big pulse network at Sandia.  Good stuff.  I actually got to see
this thing in person earlier this year during a recent trip out there for my
company (Lockheed Martin, who owns this particular device.)  Extremely
impressive.  We will be borrowing time on this device later this year to
test some naval radar and weapon systems and the effect EMP pulses have on
them.  The cool thing about this particular device is that is it being used
in a diverse variety of different experiments and tests.

The Captain


 > Can anybody explain what is happening in this pic? I've seen it before,
and
 > the theme is something impressive is going on, but it's never explained.
 >
 > What is shown? Why do the sparks look like they can out over some surface,
 > like on water or something?
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 > KEN
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 > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 1:28 PM
 > Subject: Z-Machine Sparkage
 >
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 >  > Original poster: "Matt Skidmore by way of Terry Fritz
 > <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <fox-at-woozle-dot-org>
 >  >
 >  > This page has more to do with producing electricity than anything else.
 >  > but, it has an interesting picture of what looks like huge arcs coming
off
 >  > their equipment.
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http://www.sandia.gov/news-center/news-releases/2003/nuclear-power/Zneutrons
 > .html
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 >  > this image is over a meg
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http://www.sandia.gov/news-center/news-releases/2003/images/jpg/zmachine.jpg
 >  > good sparkage in interesting patterns
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