Apr 16 2011

Space Debris

Published by at 9:29 am under Astrophysics,Quantum Mechanics

It occurred to me only today, while studying from Kenneth Krane’s Introductory Nuclear Physics, that it would take pulsed magnetic fields to focus gravitons on space debris or an enemy satellite.  The way magnetic field lines fan out from a pole of a dipole magnet would make the concept otherwise unworkable.  Since protons in the CERN LHC travel very close to the speed of light, that part of the technology would already be available.  There is no cross product in this case, apart from creating the magnetic field pulses.  As far as aiming and tracking accurately and effectively from the ground, one in my position can only guess that this technology is available also.

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7 Responses to “Space Debris”

  1. Kevinon 16 Nov 2014 at 3:16 pm

    CERN magnets may be a good diameter, so that magnet design exists in full. How many magnets are needed? How high should the silo be? It may take several tracked passes before a piece of debris is pulled into the atmosphere to burn up. For safety of the tides, make sure the moon is not in the background.

  2. Kevinon 13 Nov 2015 at 2:03 pm

    If the silo or tube were long enough, and the magnetic field strong enough inside, maybe a constant magnetic field inside the silo would work. At the speed of light, the gamma rays flying through the end may not be effected too much by magnetic field line curvature.
    Gravitons are the most abundant of electromagnetic waves in the universe. They would even be coming out of the walls of the silo.

  3. Kevin Fruechteon 26 May 2019 at 8:29 am

    Let’s call the devices Maxwell silos.

  4. Kevinon 09 Dec 2021 at 9:33 am

    “In March, a Chinese military satellite appeared to spontaneously disintegrate in orbit.” (a news source)
    In October, Russian spy satellite Kosmos-2551, a 500 kg mass, descended into the atmosphere over the US and slowly burned up. Are Maxwell Silos already built?

  5. Kevinon 11 Dec 2021 at 12:09 pm

    “What Satellite Attack Weapon Might The US Reveal Soon?” -Breaking Defense, Aug 24, 2021
    “What exactly is the US military’s top secret space weapon?” -Quartz, Aug 26, 2021
    It is implied that the device does not produce space debris.

  6. Kevinon 14 Dec 2021 at 8:44 am

    Here is another one from what happened in March:
    “China satellite was torn apart above earth” – Bloomberg, Oct 1, 2021

  7. Kevinon 14 Dec 2021 at 9:56 am

    Kosmos-2551 was traveling south southeast from Michigan to the southeast US as it met its demise. Everyone knows that satellites are launched east to take advantage of the eastward momentum that exists as they sit on a launch pad. It takes quite a bit more power to produce a mostly northward/southward track, though for spy satellites this is obviously advantageous.
    Is there one or more Maxwell Silos in Canada or Upper Michigan?

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