Capturing Cosmic Rays Using Surface Wave Technologies

Liu, Louis Wai Y.; Ge, Shangkun; Zhang, Qingfeng; Chen, Yifan

10.1109/ICPRE.2016.7871157

2016

978-1-5090-3069-9

2016 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POWER AND RENEWABLE ENERGY (ICPRE)

644-648

21-23 Oct. 2016

Shanghai, China

345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017 USA

IEEE

Cosmic rays are high energy particles travelling at near the speed of light. Unlike electromagnetic waves, they are subjected to the influence of magnetic field. Being small in size, some of these particles can penetrate through certain low-density metals with no ionization at all. Some of the cosmic particles will bombard with the atoms in the metal, forming positive ions. Aluminum and silver are low-density metals having surface plasmon resonant frequencies right at the ultraviolet band. If one of these metals is chosen to capture cosmic energy, a large portion of the cosmic particles can pass through the metal without doing any work. This means capturing a cosmic energy into a DC will not be efficient if aluminum or silver are used to capture cosmic energy. In this paper, we propose a novel cosmic energy receiver which can cost-effectively capture cosmic energy into a DC without running this problem. To prove its feasibility, experimental prototypes have been built and their load voltages have been measured in the absence of any sunlight.

cosmic particles Surface wave single conductor transmission

第一 ; 通讯

英语

CPCI-S ; EI

Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Committee Funds[JCYJ20150331101823678]

Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Energy & Fuels ; Engineering

GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ; Energy & Fuels ; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

WOS:000404354100129

20171503560240

Aluminum ; Cosmic rays ; Electromagnetic waves ; Natural frequencies ; Positive ions ; Silver ; Surface plasmons ; Surface waves

Aluminum:541.1 ; Precious Metals:547.1 ; Space Physics:657 ; Extraterrestrial Physics and Stellar Phenomena:657.2 ; Electromagnetic Waves:711

Web of Science

Southern Univ Sci & Technol China, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Shenzhen, Peoples R China

Liu, Louis Wai Y.,Ge, Shangkun,Zhang, Qingfeng,et al. Capturing Cosmic Rays Using Surface Wave Technologies[C]. 345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017 USA:IEEE,2016:644-648.