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BrandonBerchtold
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Suppose there exists a proton beam that is pulsed on and off. If this beam is aimed through a current transformer as in the attached image (the proton beam would act as the main primary conductor in this case), what would be the output of the transformer, and how would it affect the beam velocity?
The pulsed proton beam would effectively be creating a square wave of current flowing through the transformer. Transformers convert ac current from the primary winding to the secondary winding. Therefore, would the transformer slow the flow of the proton beam, and if so, by how much?
Basically I want to figure out how to extract the maximum amount of energy from a beam of protons and convert it into electrical energy.
The pulsed proton beam would effectively be creating a square wave of current flowing through the transformer. Transformers convert ac current from the primary winding to the secondary winding. Therefore, would the transformer slow the flow of the proton beam, and if so, by how much?
Basically I want to figure out how to extract the maximum amount of energy from a beam of protons and convert it into electrical energy.