"BOURNE IDENTITY", "CHAIN REACTION" FOR REAL: A Brief Narrative of Actions From November 5-17, 2013 by Dr. Andrew Beckwith; to Release a Research Complement of Results to the Breakthrough Hefei, China, Tokamak Fusion Reactor Recalibration Data
Somewhere Between LA and Phoenix - "As I drove across the Arizona and California deserts on 1-10 in November of 2013, I received a call from Astro-physicist Dr. Andrew Beckwith of Chongqing University with an urgent message: He was completing breakthrough recalibrations for the Hefei Tokamak Fusion Reactor, in conjunction with a collaborative effort amongst American and Chinese astro and thermo-nuclear physicists, that called for co-sharing and co-release of data derived within this construct. Beckwith, thought, no, he knew his new formulations would foster higher and sustainable fusion reaction plasma burn rates and temperatures, heretofore unachievable, essential to the creation of artificial gravity waves as a means to identify those occurring naturally.
"To be honest, Dr. Beckwith's call was not entirely out of the normal flow of our interactions, as we had worked together in his crafting a response to the C.E.R.N. Labs Higgs-Boson announcement in 2012. And, I had spoken with him often during the time I was privileged to spend some days the previous September at Argonne National Laboratory's High Energy Physics Center as guest researcher courtesy of Dr. Larry Johnson. I had met Dr. Johnson at Argonne in 2001, immediately following 9/11, through dear friend and colleague Dr. Sheila Ronis, an NDU Foundation board member and Professor at Walsh College."
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"BOURNE IDENTITY", "CHAIN REACTION" FOR REAL: A Brief Narrative of Actions From November 5-17, 2013 by Dr. Andrew Beckwith; to Release a Research Complement of Results to the Breakthrough Hefei, China, Tokamak Fusion Reactor Recalibration Data
1. "BOURNE IDENTITY" FOR REAL:
A Brief Narrative of Actions From November 5-17, 2013 by Dr. Andrew Beckwith; to
Release a Research Complement of Results to the Breakthrough Hefei, China, Tokamak
Fusion Reactor Recalibration Data And Mitigate a Developing Rift Between US-China
Physics Researchers and Their Respective Governments
Myron D. Stokes, Automotive/Aerospace Analyst, Research Assistant;
By Authority of Dr. Andrew W. Beckwith, Chongqing University Department of Physics, People's
Republic of China
Tokamak Fusion Reactor Image: Unknown
Somewhere Between LA and Phoenix - "As I drove across the Arizona and California deserts on
1-10 in November of 2013, I received a call from Astro-physicist Dr. Andrew Beckwith of
Chongqing University with an urgent message: He was completing breakthrough recalibrations
for the Hefei Tokamak Fusion Reactor, in conjunction with a collaborative effort amongst
American and Chinese astro and thermo-nuclear physicists, that called for co-sharing and co-
release of data derived within this construct. Beckwith thought, no, he knew his new
formulations would foster higher and sustainable fusion reaction plasma burn rates and
temperatures, heretofore unachievable, essential to the creation of artificial gravity waves as a
means to identify those occuring naturally.
To be honest, Dr. Beckwith's call was not entirely out of the normal flow of our interactions, as
we had worked together in his crafting a response to the C.E.R.N. Labs Higgs-Boson
announcement in 2012. And, I had spoken with him often during the time I was privileged to
spend some days the previous September at Argonne National Laboratory's High Energy Physics
2. Center as guest researcher courtesy of Dr. Larry Johnson. I had met Dr. Johnson at Argonne in
2001, immediately following 9/11, through dear friend and colleague Dr. Sheila Ronis, an NDU
Foundation board member and Professor at Walsh College.
The cover for this initiative was work towards a sustained nuclear fusion reaction with its
promise of cheap, virtually inexhaustible, energy; the reality was modifying the Hefei Tokamak,
officially known as the Experimental Advanced Super-conducting Tokamak (EAST) to create
artificial gravity waves, or in physics community newspeak, gravwaves.
He was convinced his Chinese colleagues at Hefei, acting on orders from the Politburo, were
going to claim research ascendancy for China, in violation of the agreement, and prevent him
from leaving the country. Given the potential of this breakthrough process not only to identify
and measure gravwaves, but to control them, and thus the profound implications of same when
calling to mind Einsteinian relativistic postulations describing "Gravity as the fabric of
space/time", one can understand why China's leadership would issue such a directive.
Dr. Beckwith outlined his and Chongqing University Physicist Dr. Fang Yu Li's strategy for
ensuring the new data, once completed, would be released to the world immediately:
"I advised Dr. Fang Yu Li of the need for my being sequestered in the Keyuan Hotel,
Chongqing, PRC, room 1205, from 4 to 12 November, Beckwith said, "so I could work
unfettered and undisturbed. Hotel staff had strict orders not to enter the room for any reason
except to deliver food."
Over an 8 day period, Beckwith wrote "Review of Grischuk and Sachin GW Generation via
Tokamak Physics", and completed the last of cohesive formulations in a non-stop 48hour
document development marathon. The abstract of this document allows for clearly observable
correlation between these activities and what was ultimately accomplished at EAST, Hefei, PRC,
under the direction of Dr. J Li (no relation to Dr. Fang Yu Li) within days of its completion with
astonishing results as to duration of plasma burn and temperature intensity:
A. Beckwith
1. abeckwith@uh.edu Chongqing University Department of Physics;
Chongqing, PRC, 400044;
Abstract
Using the Grischuk and Sachin amplitude for the GW generation due to plasma in a toroid, we generalize this
result for Tokamak physics. We obtain evidence for strain values of up to in the
center of a Tokamak, with a minimum value of five meters above the center of the Tokamak. These
values are an order of magnitude sufficient to allow for possible detection of gravitational waves, in the coming
decade, according to Chinese researchers who are trying to do such in Hefei, PRC. The critical breakthrough is
in utilizing a burning plasma drift current which relies upon a thermal contribution to an electric field. The
gravitational wave amplitude would be detectable in part also due to , where the
is the numerical ion density , usually about , i.e. about one out of a million of the present
atmospheric pressure, whereas is a confinement time value for the Tokamak plasma, here at least .5 seconds.
This value as given above is one given by Wesson in his Tokamak classic reference. This is the threshold for
plasma fusion burning and the temperature so obtained is the main driver for how one could conceivably detect
3. GW of amplitude as low as five meters above the center
of the Tokamak.
5. Conclusion. GW generation due to the Thermal output of Fusion in a Tokamak, and
not due to E and B field currents.
Further elaboration of this matter lies in the viability of the expression derived , namely Eq. (15) repeated
(15)
The importance of the formulation is in the explicit importance of temperature. i.e. a temperature range of at least
. In making this range for Eq.(15) care must also be taken to obtain a sufficiently
long confinement time for the fusion plasma in the Tokamak of at least 1 second or longer, and this is a matter of
applied engineering dependent upon the instrumentation of the Tokamak in Hefei, PRC. The author hopes that in
2014, there will be the beginning of confirmation of this process so that some studies may commence. If so, then the
next question will be finding if the instrumentation of [2] can be utilized and developed. This is expected to be
extremely difficult, but the Tokamak fusion process may allow for falsifiable testing and eventual verification.
This is the rendition of events which Dr. Beckwith can relate to. In his words:
"I, Dr. Beckwith was aware that certain people in China did not take kindly to the release of the
Tokamak information. and there was a preference this information remained in China.
"To the surprise of some of the members of China's scientific elite, this information as to the
Tokamak was released by myself, Dr. Beckwith, with the assistance of Myron Stokes which
removed a public relations problem for both Dr. Beckwith and Dr.Li. The release of this
information through the good offices of Myron Stokes was timely and resulted in a great
simplification of a situation which could have made travel in and out of China more complicated
for myself, Dr. Beckwith. and which facilitated a genuine scientific collaboration between Dr. Li
and myself, Dr. Beckwith.
"It is my hope that in the future, those whom are concerned as to proprietary information and its
source remember the adage that science is not bound by its country of origin and to respect the
international nature of scientific research.
"Needless to say, I am appreciative that Myron Stokes took his copy of the handwritten notes and
got them in the public domain so quickly. The release of this information was timely and quite
beneficial to the contact I have with Dr. Li in Chongqing University.
"As from here, we are now back to the Myron Stokes narrative. Notice that the release of the
document to the public beat the Hefei Tokamak public release by less than 24hours and removed
a problem for both myself, Dr. Beckwith ,and Dr. Li."
4. As we had arranged, the moment he was exiting China, ultimately achieved on 13 November,
Beckwith called to say as soon as it was prudent to do so, he would email or fax the handwritten
draft of the Tokamak paper. Once received, it was to be disseminated immediately using every
available media pathway and direct emails to colleagues within academia.
I finally received the handwritten "Grischuk and Sachin..." document on 15 November, 16
November PRC time, converted and uploaded to Slideshare on the 17th. According to Dr.
Beckwith, we beat the launch of the Hefei EAST fusion experiment based on his breakthrough
formulations, by a mere two hours. Dissemination of the paper across the globe by every media
pathway available inclusive of Linked In, Twitter and Google+ neutralized Chinese intentions of
announcing a singular scientific breakthrough in Tokamak Fusion reactor plasma burn
containment, sustainability and previously unachievable temperatures 10 times beyond those
recorded before.
EAST researchers announced on the 18th US time, in conjunction with Princeton Plasma
Physics Lab (PPPL) the results of this unprecedented Tokamak performance. This, in an attempt
to maintain a facade of cooperation as originally agreed to.
Dr. Beckwith further advised me that since an emergent international incident was not avoided
but mitigated, and considering the involvement of US and Chinese governmental agencies, both
the Chinese and American authorites were given full briefings.
Despite this incident representing an uncomfortable level of geo-political brinkmanship
seemingly torn from the pages of a"Bourne Identity" plot script, the balance has indeed been
restored, and Dr. Beckwith remains in high esteem by both countries as a well respected physics
researcher.
It goes without saying I am honored that Drs. Beckwith and Li allowed me to participate in what
must be considered a pivotal event in the history of modern science, and one perhaps leading to
ever higher levels of cooperation between the respective national camps, coupled with the
potential advancements in the physics discipline yet to be realized.
As Dr. Beckwith has said more than once, "Science is an international discipline which should be
transnational. The sequence of events helped to ensure, especially in fusion research, the
commitment of scientific researchers to make freely available international results, which both
Dr. Li and myself hope is a given, especially in American-PRC discourse. I.e.; this principle is
most important, and is a brake against weaponized research, especially in matters pertinent
toward development of genuine energy independence."
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Handwritten notes first released November 17, 2013: http://www.slideshare.net/GHHLLC2/dr-
andrew-w-beckwith Draft: http://www.slideshare.net/GHHLLC2/tokamak-pdf-aa-beckwith-
tokamakedbeditpdf-112213
ARS Release re Hefei Breakthrough November 18, 2013:
http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/11/fusion-reactor-achieves-tenfold-increase-in-plasma-
confinement-time/
Multinational Release: Princeton Plasma Physics Lab (PPPL) Hefei Experimental Advanced
Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) http://www.pppl.gov/news/2013/11/multinational-achievem
HYPERLINK "http://www.pppl.gov/news/2013/11/multinational-achievement-pppl-
collaborates-record-fusion-plasma-tokamak-china" HYPERLINK
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