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user-inactivated  ·  1654 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What If We Really Are Alone in the Universe?

Is the last word written in the Assumption "source"?

"Where P(naut) is power ... beam ~ power of the source"

Taking a gander at the math. Appreciate the detail you and am_Unition went into here.





Devac  ·  1654 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's "Where P_0 is power in the narrowest crossection of the beam ~ power of the source." Sorry, I didn't notice the cut.

user-inactivated  ·  1654 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No worries at all, thanks!

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