I am not a plasma physicist or a particle physicist (I'm in condensed matter) but 100 keV is equivalent to about 1.16 billion Kelvin.
(1e5 eV) x (1.6e-19 J/eV) / (1.38e-23 J/K) = 1.16e9 K
It seems the summary is correct.
Recall the trick used in Neil Stephenson's Cryptonomicon: Wrap several coils of wire around the doors and windows, and during the evening run several amps through them. Anybody stealing a hard drive will be left with a paperweight.
Just remember to turn it off during the daytime;)
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I am not a plasma physicist or a particle physicist (I'm in condensed matter) but 100 keV is equivalent to about 1.16 billion Kelvin. (1e5 eV) x (1.6e-19 J/eV) / (1.38e-23 J/K) = 1.16e9 K It seems the summary is correct.
Recall the trick used in Neil Stephenson's Cryptonomicon: Wrap several coils of wire around the doors and windows, and during the evening run several amps through them. Anybody stealing a hard drive will be left with a paperweight. Just remember to turn it off during the daytime ;)