Hi Jones, fellow Vortables!
And the particles within a plasma are much more free to align with electric and/or magnetic fields. perhaps bringing on a state of coherence otherwise unattainable, or only at extreme field strengths. -mark iverson From: Jones Beene [mailto:jone...@pacbell.net] Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 10:05 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: [Vo]:RE: Dwarfs, Roasters and Holmlid In the category of "astrophysical phenomenon which may involve LERN" consider the recent announcement of x-rays detected from Pluto. All of the proposed explanations for these x-rays are pretty lame, so we have no regrets about adding another one which is LERN related. Main story: "The Puzzling Detection of Pluto in the X-Ray by Chandra" <http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2016/pdf/2449.pdf> www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2016/pdf/2449.pdf Worth noting is that the authors recognize that Pluto has a dusty surface, composed on nanometer sized dust particles of unknown composition. The atmosphere is thin, and consequently plasma would form easily. There is methane in the thin atmosphere which is a source of hydrogen. "Dusty magnetic plasmas" have been used for both hot and cold fusion, so there is no doubt that this process is feasible in some circumstances. Here is a citation: <http://mipse.umich.edu/files/Thomas_presentation.pdf> http://mipse.umich.edu/files/Thomas_presentation.pdf A dusty plasma which would support both hot and cold fusion would be the key to understanding Pluto's x-rays, along with a magnetic field (which has not been document yet, but the situation is similar to Uranus form which Pluto was probably formed). On the two neighbor planets the magnetic axis does not go through the center of the planet. Yet the field is strong, off-center and off-axis and about 50 times stronger than the Earth's. If Pluto has a similar field, then magnetism would be strong enough to hold nanoparticles of iron-nickel following meteorite impact. Thus the stage is set for densification of hydrogen into a species (UDH) which then reacts in some way. The x-rays result from the fast products of the reaction. BTW - Pluto is smaller than our Moon but could have a magnetic field (based on Uranus) which is thousands of times stronger and it can hold an atmosphere - thus the difference. If this suggestion has merit, then it is conceivable that UDH could be harvested off of Pluto by an expedition which is trying to reach a planet around another star . such as Proxima Centari . _____________________________________________ Red Dwarf stars like our closest neighbor, Proxima Centari, are provocative . especially if they heat a habitable planet and are close enough to travel to (using the EMdrive ?). This conjecture comes up today due to input from SciFi and SciAm concerning a recent fictional tale that turned out to be nearly true. You can read about that in the cite below, but there is further possibility that they don't go into. No surprise. After all this is SciAm, what did you expect? <http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-book-that-predicted-proxima-b -excerpt/> http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-book-that-predicted-proxima-b- excerpt/ The least massive red dwarf has a few % the mass of the Sun but the temperature and pressures to support hot nuclear fusion is still there. However, if cold fusion of the type involving "ultradense hydrogen" is real (Holmlid effect) there is the outside chance that we will find a warmer Jupiter out there to fill in the gap between red dwarf and cold gas giant. Maybe this is already found, since there is a little known class of large planets called "roasters". <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Jupiter> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Jupiter Back to Proxima Centauri, which is located just 4.2 light-years away and is only a little larger than Jupiter in diameter but more massive. Its planet is the about the size of Earth and is likely to be habitable. The smallest known dwarf star is a bit smaller. But if we dispose of the requirement of hot fusion as being the only heat source, then there could be another category between gas giant and red dwarf, which is the "roaster" category, yet without a nearby star to keep it hot. In fact, although the cloud temperature of Jupiter is a chilly -145 degrees C, the temperature near the planet's core is a rather toasty 24,000 degrees C . which ironically is far hotter than the surface of the sun. Go figure. If a Jupiter-like planet had a larger iron-nickel core so that the hot zone is moved closer to the surface, then the cloud temperature could become balmy, due to more internal heat. The moons of such a Hot Jupiter would then be where to look for life. Since Jupiter probably has a solid hydrogen core, it is indeed possible that unbeknownst to most cosmologists - one contributory heat source already is due to LENR. But if not, there still could be a more massive planet, or a less massive red dwarf, which is heated by the Holmlid effect (defined as ultra-dense hydrogen exposed to semi-coherent radiation on a catalyst). By Jove, you heard it first on vortex.
