Re: deflecting streamers

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Original poster: Gomez Addams <gomezaddams@xxxxxxxxx>


On Nov 14, 2006, at 12:43 PM, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Ryckmans, Thomas" <Thomas.Ryckmans@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Is it possible to deflect streamers with an electromagnetic field
> (a bit
> like what happens in an InkJet printer)? Just wondering

I don't think so, at least not with an arc composed mostly of RF/AC
currents.  The force would be oscillating with the direction of
current and would average out to zero before you could see any motion.

Maybe you could do it with a DC arc, but:

* how would you insulate the pole pieces of your giant electromagnet
from the streamers?

* how would you create a field large enough?

 - B(G)L

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