VEGA - Live Microscope Session

Looking a very interesting cathode formation

This is the first attempt at a LIVE and interactive microscope session

Two tests were conducted in the run up to the attempted live session, conducted on the same brass cathode plate. Brass is normally a copper/zinc alloy sometimes with small amounts of tin and lead.

If you go to the MFMP/Parkhomov reaction tables designed by myself and programmed by Philip power and type the following query:

E1 in ('H', 'Cu', 'Zn', 'Sn', 'Pb') and E2 in ('H', 'Cu', 'Zn', 'Sn', 'Pb') order by MeV desc

With only 1 pass, you will get 6241 reactions leading to the production of 275 nuclides.

Magnetic fluid?

I speculate, based on “LABYRINTHINE INSTABILITY IN MAGNETIC AND DIELECTRIC FLUIDS” 1983 paper by Ronald E. ROSENSWEIG et. al., that the track could be formed by a ‘Magnetic Fluid’, or quite possibly coherent matter structures that self organise on a magnetic basis.

Figure 4: from “LABYRINTHINE INSTABILITY IN MAGNETIC AND DIELECTRIC FLUIDS” 1983 paper by Ronald E. ROSENSWEIG et. al.

One wonders if it has any relationship to a structure found on an OHMA plate.

Images from first live session

Quarter resolution near and far focus and high depth of field look at plateau/valley (Full resolution download here)

Quarter resolution directional light quadrant animation of higher level bleed out feature (Full resolution download here)

Composite made of two locations at two depths of field (Click here to see full resolution in new window)