I have seen many instances where the instantaneous value of a noisy system can be many times larger than the average or RMS. Thermal noise is a perfect example. I suspect that rogue ocean waves are in this category. The amount of time during which the extreme amplitude excursion occurs falls off rapidly as the peak amplitude increases.
It is possible to focus waves into a large peak by carefully timing many small sources. A parabolic reflector accomplishes this function with electromagnetic waves. The same feature can be had with ultrasonic sources. Phased array systems do this quite nicely as well. Perhaps the occurrence of wave functions automatically results in peaks and valleys as the various signals interfere. These activities do not result in breaking of any conservation laws that I am aware of. Dave -----Original Message----- From: pagnucco <pagnu...@htdconnect.com> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Wed, Sep 5, 2012 3:12 pm Subject: [Vo]:Ahern's ILENRS-12 Presentation - "Energy Localization" Jed Rothwell just posted ILENRS-12 presentations at: http://lenr-canr.org/wordpress/?page_id=1097 Brian Ahern's presentation "Energy Localization" proposes that Fermi acceleration (F-A) can intensely concentrate energy on the nanoscale. His example of spring coupled point masses seems to circumvent the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, by focusing rather than diffusing kinetic energy. As in endothermic chemical reactions, this is (probably) just an apparent violation of the 2nd Law, except occurring at nuclear/particle scales. F-A appears in many contexts involving elastic and conservative energy exchanges, and can result in extremely large, highly localized energy exchanges. It can be driven by internal or external stimuli - mechanical, acoustic or electromagnetic. It breaks down when energy leaks from a closed system by dissipation or inelastic collisions. If the inelastic collisions that stop F-A involve particle or nuclear reactions, then maybe some LENR results - perhaps explaining electron-capture, some fissions or fusions? Some of the reported successful LENR experiments, e.g., Brillouin, Energetics, seem to conform to the F-A model. If so, they could be very sensitive to shapes and spectra of the the stimuli. Opinions/criticisms welcome. -- Lou Pagnucco
