In reply to  Mark Iverson's message of Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:34:04 -0800:
Hi,

alpha*c is the speed you get for the electron in a Bohr orbit, utilizing the De
Broglie wavelength. What is not apparent from the snippet quoted is why this
velocity follows from a "screw type of motion". 

>Might I suggest all Not Off Topic (i.e., technical, aka, ‘signal’) postings 
>use NOT in the subject line to make them more obvious to those who care not to 
>waste bandwidth on the personal aspects of the Rossi saga…
>
>In my latest session of ‘serendipitous surfing’, I was scanning a PDF of the 
>document in the Ref: section below, and noticed this little bit of text and 
>the accompanying calculation:
>==============================
>“This screw type of motion obviously is optional and let us suppose that it 
>corresponds to the electron motion in Bohr atom at orbit a0 with energy of 
>13.6 eV. Then the axial velocity is:
>
>    v = (e^2)  /  ( 2*h*epsilon_sub_0 )
>      = alpha*c
>      = 2.18769e6 m/s                                  (3)
> 
>where: 
>e = charge of electron, 
>h = Planck constant, 
>c = speed of light, 
>alpha = fine structure constant
>==============================
>
>Now what struck me was the result, 2.188e6 m/s.
>This is exactly twice the constant in Znidarsic’s work, 1.094e6 Hz.m
>Any connection?
>
>Frank, does this make sense to you?
>
>-Mark
>
>Ref:
>Theoretical Feasibility of Cold Fusion According to the BSM - Supergravitation 
>Unified Theory 
>Stoyan Sarg Sargoytchev 
>York University, Toronto, Canada
>E-mail: stoy...@yorku.ca
>
Regards,

Robin van Spaandonk

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