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- I was reading that the most powerful gamma ray burst experienced a 'drag' due to quantum turbulence and wondered how this could effect a plasma.
Summary: I was reading that the most powerful gamma ray burst experienced a 'drag' due to quantum turbulence and wondered how this could effect a plasma.
After reading this Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRB_080916C I noticed the part about how the light was slowed down by the quantum turbulence of space time, This got me thinking. I was wondering how much a vacuum could influence turbulence of a plasma in say a tokamak? Could you find a way to influence space time into a more organized state like how a plasma actuator has been proposed to reduce drag on a plane? If so, could a more efficient tokamak be created? reducing turbulence and create a path of least resistance for the plasma to follow. If you could find parameters for the plasma to generate this effect on its own and create a vacuum turbulence gradient between the reactors walls (high vacuum turbulence) and in the plasma itself (low vacuum turbulence) to aid in confinement.
Even if the tokamak idea doesn't hold up its still curious to think how the vacuum itself could influence a plasma.
Bonus points if you are board and some food for thought, Could a simalure vain of thought be applied to a space ship. Could you control the vacuum fluctuations to create a so called warp drive or even align space in such a way to get passed the speed of light.
After reading this Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRB_080916C I noticed the part about how the light was slowed down by the quantum turbulence of space time, This got me thinking. I was wondering how much a vacuum could influence turbulence of a plasma in say a tokamak? Could you find a way to influence space time into a more organized state like how a plasma actuator has been proposed to reduce drag on a plane? If so, could a more efficient tokamak be created? reducing turbulence and create a path of least resistance for the plasma to follow. If you could find parameters for the plasma to generate this effect on its own and create a vacuum turbulence gradient between the reactors walls (high vacuum turbulence) and in the plasma itself (low vacuum turbulence) to aid in confinement.
Even if the tokamak idea doesn't hold up its still curious to think how the vacuum itself could influence a plasma.
Bonus points if you are board and some food for thought, Could a simalure vain of thought be applied to a space ship. Could you control the vacuum fluctuations to create a so called warp drive or even align space in such a way to get passed the speed of light.