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Originally Posted by hal
That is what I was wondering. Using the inverse square law, and turning the distance of 6 parsecs into AU's unit of measure, it would seem that the power of the EMP at 1 AU was roughly 1.53 Trillion times more powerful than it was at 6 parsecs.
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Assuming 1e-6J/cm^2 at 6 parsecs (1.2 million AU), intensity at 1 AU is 1.4e+6J/cm^2 or 1.4e+10J/m^2, enough to vaporize about six meters of water. I guess the planet would survive, but the biosphere won't.