PenguinS Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 I was looking around online trying to come up with a new experiment to do and came across the Aurora's. I found some interesting things out and was wondering if one could manage to shoot a large amount of electrons into an enclosed magnetic field, would it have the same effect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 I think "Aura" is probably the wrong word to be using, Corona Discharge would be a bit closer, and yes, this can be influenced by a magnetic field, magnetic quenching used in some spark-gaps exploits this. you would have to be careful of the field geometry however, it Can resonate and give off dangerous levels of RF. think Magnetron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 pssst... "Aurora," not "aura." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 Doh! eitherway though, the answer is still the same, and it`s perfectly doable, although it won`t look anywhere near as beautiful as the real thing which has many other factors and variables involved with the coloring and patterns. I have seen such things in old Thermionic valves used in RF linear amps. I don`t know how well equiped your home lab is though, so I can`t comment as to doability for You particularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenguinS Posted May 9, 2008 Author Share Posted May 9, 2008 Thanks for the help. I really appriciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snail13579 Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 aurora is correct, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(astronomy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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