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Astrophysics/Expert Profile
Expertise
Fusion, solar flares, cosmic rays, radiation in space, and stellar physics questions. Generally, nuclear-related astrophysics, but I can usually point you in the right direction if it's not nuclear-related or if it's nuclear but not astrophysics.
Experience in the area
Doctoral dissertation was on a reaction in CNO-cycle fusion, worked in gamma-ray astronomy in the space science division of the naval research laboratory in the high-energy space environment branch.
Organizations
Physics professor at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.
Education/Credentials
Ph.D. in physics, research was on nuclear fusion reactions important in stellar fusion.
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Recent Answers from Steve Nelson
2009-10-23 Electragnetic fields:
You mean electromagnetic. Electromagnetic fields around people are 1) extremely weak and 2) extremely low frequency. They don't emit light or anything which could be perceived as light. If someone perceives
2009-10-21 Tokamak:
Tokamak systems are huge. The sheer level of x-rays you're talking about would require ridiculously high x-ray radiation spread over a very large ring of compressed plasma. It's not that the plasma exists
2009-10-06 Science Fair:
Well it's going to have to be drastically simplified at this point, because my other project was also aimed at high school students since that's what you wanted. I do have another idea, about a simple
2009-09-05 eddington limit:
This really sounds like your astrophysics homework, so I'm going to only give you my opinion on how to start. Answering this in full detail is probably a bit beyond the scope of this forum anyhow (and
2009-07-21 Gravity, escape velocity:
Thank you. Due to people who would rate a question badly just because they didn't want the truth or who would lash out if I'd gone away for the weekend (this is a volunteer thing we do) and didn't answer
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