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I've bought a few of these 100K 100W wirewound resistors for my oil-filled 65kV 60mA supply (~£10 each if you buy 4):

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/100W-100K-Oh ... 3535509957?

Thanks for the link to your simulations, Robert, it's an excellent and very useful resource. Here is a link to the standard textbook on the subject from the Radiation Laboratory Series, "Pulse Generators" by Glasoe and Lebacqz, and also few useful papers: http://www.nj7p.org/Manuals/PDFs/Books/MIT-R...

Richard's suggestion of using Indium to wet the ceramic surface is a very good one, though I haven't tried it yet. Strong in his excellent "Procedures in Experimental Physics" mentions a few methods, one involving platinum that may be a bit expensive, another being to use a silvering solution to dep...

I find it very interesting and surprising that it is possible to trap neutrons and in a variety of ways. Here is a rather good presentation about neutron trapping and a couple of papers on the subject: Huffman 2012 Overview of Neutron Lifetime Magnetic Trapping Experiments-compressed.pdf Pattie 2018...

This might not be very much help solving your problem, Joe, but your post reminded me about this paper, a very simple design for a TOF Mass spectrometer:

I tried posting the pdf papers that I cited into the files section, but they are too big; mostly over 10MB.
I would be happy to put them on a communal google drive or similar if someone can set it up.

High-order multipoles or "surmacs" (SURface Magnetic Confinement), were extensively investigated in the 1960s and 70s. One device had a spherical arrangement of electromagnets very similar to yours; the Kaktus-Surmac: Sadowski 1981 High-order spherical magnetic multipoles for surface confinement of ...

Thanks for sharing your simulations Nicolas, they are very interesting and I admire your continuing efforts. I have attached a pdf copy of notes from an introductory plasma physics course that used Mathcad for various simulations and I hope it will be of some use to you. It contains some hints for c...

Here is the 2014 paper by Kirchheim "Hydrogen in Metals" for the FAQ - How to boost fusion in operation - Wall loading and cooling.

Aaron, firstly I have to agree with John, Dennis and Patrick that you must follow a few simple rules; use your proper name and also read the comprehensive FAQ's. This is a serious group where you will find many knowledgeable members willing to help and advise if you abide by those rules. Secondly, I...