[TML] A little tinkering with Lasers

[Garry Ward]

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From: "Timothy Little" <tim at little-possums.net>
To: "The Traveller Mailing List" <tml at travellercentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: [TML] A little tinkering with Lasers


> Garry Ward wrote:
>> Based on the formulas in FF&S, to get a 120 Mj laser to fit the standard
>> description, it needs a Focal Area diameter of 2.19 meters.
> [...]
>> At 4 meters, the short range goes to 400,000 Km.
>
> Range increasing with the *square* of focal diameter seems rather
> unphysical.  Does it give any explanation for this?
>
Not such as I understand; it talks about keeping the beam intensity over 
distance.

At a 3 meter diameter, the range is 225,000 Km.

Garry
>
> - Tim
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