Newsgroups: sci.physics
Subject: ELECTRON HELIX : ITS POWER AND POSSIBLITIES
From: hdgarner@acs.harding.edu
Date: 1 Sep 92 12:15:00 -0500
Reply-To: hdgarner@acs.harding.edu
Organization: Harding University

The purpose of this essay is to investigate the possibility of conforming a stream of electrons into a helical path for the purpose of forming extremely powerful magnetic fields.  This helical path of electrons is what shall be referred to as the "electron helix".  The basis for this research is the fact that a current-bearing wire wound into a helix forms a magnetic field.  For most applications the wire is made of a metal such as copper which has a certain amount of resistance caused by the motion of ele




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trons trying to pass through and transfer between the copper atoms.  This motion causes friction which slows down the electrons and generates heat.  Because of this friction, there is a limit to how fast electrons can travel through an ordinary metal wire at room temperature before the wire melts from the heat generated by the friction.
A stream of electrons can attain extremely high speeds when they are free from the friction that occurs when they are confined to a metal wire.  My theory is that a stream of electrons can be accelerated near the speed of light with a particle accelerator and then, with the use of magnetic fields, constrained into a helix in the same way as a metal wire is wound into a coil.  This procedure will serve to convert a large amount of electric energy into a large amount of magnetic energy.  The major difference




 
is that a single stream of electrons travelling near the speed of light would have over (8,528.0477569764732) eight thousand five hundred amperes of current.  Also, with the extremely small size of the electron, this electron stream could make many more equal turns than an ordinary metal wire.  The diameter of an electron is approximately 5.6357 femtometers.  From this measurement it is possible to derive the number of electrons that can fit in a one meter length which is over (177,440,246,996,823) one hun




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red seventy-seven trillion electrons.  To determine the number of turns in one meter, it is necessary to divide the number of electrons in one meter by the width of one turn plus two for the distance of two electrons between the turns.  This width is the number of electrons that make up the cross-section of each turn.  I have determined the distance between each turn to be two electrons to prevent adjacent turns from interacting with each other.  By using this procedure to calculate the number of turns in 




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ne meter, it is found to be over (59,146,748,998,941.273193359) fifty-nine trillion turns.
By using this equation :
(Eq1) 	H =        NI    
	@4r $+a $
I was able to calculate the field intensity of the "electron helix" in ampere-turns per meter by substituting the current of a stream of electrons travelling at the speed of light and the number of turns it could make in one meter.  The field intensity given by (Eq1) is over (356,669,115,297,170,447.46875) three hundred fifty-six quadrillion ampere-turns per meter.
I was also able to calculate the flux density in newtons per meter-ampere of the "electron helix" with this equation :
(Eq2)       B   =     5NI  
                              C
From (Eq2) I was able to calculate the flux density produced by the "electron helix" to be over (19,913,162,558,914.357440948) nineteen trillion newtons per meter-ampere.  From this figure it is possible to calculate the force on a body which is in this magnetic field.
I have found the equation which gives the force exerted on a body of known charge to be :
(Eq3)          F  =  QvB
I used (Eq3) to calculate the force exerted on a positive hydrogen ion in the magnetic field formed by the "electron helix", and I then used (Eq4) to find the acceleration of this hydrogen ion.  When I substituted the appropriate figures into (Eq3), it gives over (955.83180282788916) nine hundred fifty-five newtons.  From this force it is possible to find the acceleration of a charged object in the magnetic field produced by the "electron helix" by substituting the force and mass into this equation :
(Eq4)          F  =  ma

When the mass of a positive hydrogen ion, over (.00000000000000000000167274746758) one billion six-hundred million nonillionths of a kilogram, is used with the force from (Eq3) this equation gives an acceleration of over (571,414,287,782,908,279,455,744) five hundred seventy-one sextillion meters per second squared.  At this speed it is uncertain what would happen to the accelerated matter, but this force would more likely be applied to a large mass of ions to produce enough thrust to accelerate very large




 
spacecraft to speeds which are unattainable by conventional means.
Because of the nature and originality of this research project, actual hands-on research was not possible, so most of the research was done theoretically and mathematically.  As far as I know this idea has not yet been explored, although most of the technology necessary to do so already exists.  With the use of mathematical equations, I have been able to calculate the magnetic field intensity and the magnetic flux density that would exist a the center axis of the "electron helix".  From these calculations 




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 have also calculated the force exerted on a particle of known charge and the particle's acceleration in this magnetic field.
The above figures for field intensity, flux density, force, and acceleration are calculated for a stream of electrons which is one electron across.  The power of a conventional electromagnet can be increased by increasing the current which flows through the coil of wire.  In much the same way, the power of the magnetic field produced by the "electron helix" can by increased by increasing the current of the entire electron stream.  To double the current in the entire electron stream an additional stream of 




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lectrons is put beside the first one.  When the current going into the "electron helix" is increased, the power of the magnetic field also increases.  The current of the "electron helix" is increased by having more individual electron streams in the cross-section of the main electron stream.  By increasing the current the "electron helix" can be used to produce magnetic fields of varying intensities.
In the course of my research, I have found that a stream of electrons which is initially travelling perpendicular to the lines of force in a magnetic field will travel in the shape of a helix when acted on by the magnetic field.  This is one possible method of how a stream of electrons could be formed into a helix.  Another possible way to constrain a stream of electrons into a helix is with the use of extremely pinpointed electromagnets which would act as guides for the stream of electrons.  With the use 




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f one of these methods, or a combination of both, I believe the "electron helix" can be formed to produce extremely powerful magnetic fields.
I believe if the "electron helix" can be formed it will be very beneficial to mankind because of its many potential uses.  It can be used to produce magnetic containment fields to contain fusion reactions or even matter and antimatter reactions to produce vast amounts of energy.  It can also be used to propel spacecraft through space to explore regions of space which are now unreachable.  I think the " electron helix" may someday be used to supply the energy needs of the people of the earth.

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HDGARNER
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