On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 03:06:12PM -0400, Mike Carrell wrote: > > In reply to Mike Carrell's message of Sun, 8 May 2005 11:01:46-0400: > > >2) Isolated hydrogen atoms can be induced to 'shink' to lower states by > the proximity of catalyst atom(s) presenting an 'energy hole' of the right > value. Energy is transfered by a 'resonant transfer' mechanism which does > not involve radiation. This transfer is known in physics and chemistry in > other contexts. > > > > Since all matter is electromagnetic in nature, is must involve > > radiation in some form, though it may be near field rather than > > far field. >
Has anyone proposed the mechanism for this in terms of a modification to the Lagrangian of the standard model? In this framework the energy must be exchanged by some force carrier boson; is Mill proposing that this is done by a virtual photon? JOe -- Josef Karthauser ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.josef-k.net/ FreeBSD (cvs meister, admin and hacker) http://www.uk.FreeBSD.org/ Physics Particle Theory (student) http://www.pact.cpes.sussex.ac.uk/ ================ An eclectic mix of fact and theory. =================
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