You guys will probably think I'm stupid and dangerous for asking this question, but would it be possible to have a handheld laser pointer that could fire a directed beam of x-rays. If so, could there possibly be a handheld gamma-ray laser pointer?
You guys will probably think I'm stupid and dangerous for asking this question, but would it be possible to have a handheld laser pointer that could fire a directed beam of x-rays. If so, could there possibly be a handheld gamma-ray laser pointer?
"Uneducated" and/or "clueless" might be better terms in your imagined description of yourself. How dangerous are you? :crackup:
Too lazy to use google to help sort out your daydream question from the real world possibilities?
In imagination everything is possible--not so in the real world.
All other issues aside the answers are No and No, not with today's technology and power sources.
Search x-ray and gamma ray lasers on google --a lot of articles there.
You can read about a gamma-ray laser possibility here: http://positron.ucr.edu/publications/2004/2004prospectsformakingaboseeinsteincondensedpositroniumannihilationgammaraylaser.pdf
You might like this site also--perhaps it will teach you something about the real world vs make believe: How to Build a Laser Death Ray
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I was talking about Encap's mean reply to a question that was asked out of total curiosity of our technological abilities these days.
CONGRTULATIONS on making it over 100K in reputation, Lildutchboy7.