The simplest explanation is that the powerful magnetic field rip through Dark Matter releasing free electrons which provides ample explosive power. Or are we releasing positrons which then strip electrons from atoms. Or even are we using massively powerful magnetic potentials to strip electrons from gases to unleash their explosive potential. Is any of this good enough?
What we are observing are spiraling waves quit able to deliver massive energy at the level even perhaps of the neutrino. We are not lacking energy delivery at all. The only question is the direct explosive pathway.
I suspect we have to wait for this one because direct confirmation matters.
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NASA to Investigate Magnetic Explosions
March 10, 2015: Magnetic reconnection could be the Universe's favorite way to make things explode.
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2015/10mar_mms/
It operates anywhere magnetic fields pervade space--which is to say almost everywhere.
In the cores of galaxies, magnetic reconnection sparks explosions
visible billions of light-years away. On the sun, it causes solar flares
as powerful as a million atomic bombs. At Earth, it powers magnetic
storms and auroras. It's ubiquitous.
The problem is, researchers can't explain it.
A new ScienceCast video previews the MMS mission to study the mysteries of magnetic reconnection.
The basics are clear enough. Magnetic lines of force cross,
cancel, reconnect and—Bang! Magnetic energy is unleashed, with
charged-particles flying off near the speed of light. But how? How does
the simple act of crisscrossing magnetic field lines trigger such a
ferocious explosion?
"Something very interesting and fundamental is going on that we
don't fully understand," says Jim Burch of the Southwest Research
Institute.
NASA is about to launch a mission to get to the bottom of the
mystery. It's called MMS, short for "Magnetospheric Multiscale" and it
consists of four spacecraft that will fly through Earth's magnetic
field, or "magnetosphere," to study reconnection in action.
"Earth's magnetosphere is a wonderful natural laboratory for
studying this phenomenon," says Burch, the MMS Principal Investigator.
Slated for launch on March 12th, the four spacecraft
were designed, built and tested at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
Each one is shaped like a giant hockey puck, about 4 meters in diameter
and 1 meter in height. In space, however, they are much larger.
"After launch, the spinning spacecraft will unfurl their
electromagnetic sensors, which are at the end of wire booms as much as
60 meters long," says Craig Tooley, MMS Project Manager at Goddard.
"When fully extended, the sensors are as wide as a baseball field."
These sprawling, spinning probes will fly in precise formation, as
close as 10 km apart and are guided by GPS satellites orbiting Earth
far below them. "We can maintain formation with an accuracy of only 100
meters," says Tooley. "This is crucial to our measurements."
Any new physics MMS observes could help provide clean energy on Earth.
"For many years, researchers have looked to fusion as a clean and
abundant source of energy for our planet," says Burch. "One approach,
magnetic confinement fusion, has yielded very promising results with
devices such as tokamaks. But there have been problems keeping the
plasma contained in the chamber."
"One of the main problems is magnetic reconnection," he continues.
"A spectacular result of reconnection is known as the 'sawtooth crash.'
As heat in the tokamak builds up, the electron temperature reaches a
peak, then 'crashes' to a lower value. Some of the hot plasma escapes.
This is caused by reconnection of the containment field."
In light of this, you might suppose that fusion chambers would be a
good place to study reconnection. But no, says Burch. Reconnection in
tokamaks happens in a tiny volume only a few centimeters wide. It is
practically impossible to build sensors small enough to probe the
reconnection zone.
Earth's magnetosphere is much better. In the expansive magnetic
bubble that surrounds our planet, the process plays out over volumes as
large as tens of kilometers across, for instance, when reconnection at
the sun propels plasma clouds toward Earth, where additional
reconnection events then sparks auroras.
"We can fly spacecraft in and around it and get a good look at what's going on," he says.
That is what MMS will do: fly directly into the reconnection zone.
The spacecraft are sturdy enough to withstand the energetics of
reconnection events known to occur in Earth's magnetosphere, so there is
nothing standing in the way of a full two-year mission of discovery.
For more information and updates, visit the MMS home page: www.nasa.gov/mms
Credits:
Author: Dr. Tony Phillips | Production editor: Dr. Tony Phillips | Credit: Science@NASA
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