Technology protective screens "Star Wars" Unraveled

Students from the University of Leicester , UK, made ​​a report on the physics of plasma screens used to protect spacecraft fighting in a series of science fiction movie Star Wars . The article was published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Student Special Physics Topics.The report of the future , scientists have concluded that shields deflecting lasers , such as those that have been demonstrated to us in Star Wars , can be made on existing technologies right here on Earth. However , according to experts , these boards will be very energy-intensive and not very practicalShields in the Star Wars films are invisible to the naked eye and are either fully or prozrachnymm tinted . Shields effectively deflects the light rays , keeping screened to security .



To repeat this kind of shield , according to the authors of the report , you must create a field super hot plasma, which is held by a magnetic field in a predetermined position . According to the researchers , the denser plasma shield , the greater the frequency of the electromagnetic wave , or it can reflect the laser .This phenomenon can actually be observed in the upper layers of our own planet . Similar principle Inter City radio , where not possible use satellite technology ." The Earth's atmosphere consists of several separate layers, one of which is the ionosphere . The ionosphere is a kind of plasma above the Earth to the edge of space . As well as plasma, as described in our article , it reflects certain frequencies of electromagnetic radiation , in this case the radio frequency , "- said study author Alexander Tuha , student at the University of Leicester.

However , while the ability to generate the magnetic field required for the shield, is feasible , a large power supply needed to maintain the field to create a spacecraft is not yet possible . Another important issue to the system developed by the students of the UK is that the shield is designed to protect against laser radiation also does not pass visible light that completely dazzles spaceship pilot . Earlier, scientists theorized could be formed as the planet Tatooine from Star Wars .