There was a simulation cited here previously where the gas atoms all start to move in lockstep motion once the lattice is sufficiently loaded which effectively means the motion of the bulk gas population becomes heavily linked.
From: Eric Walker [mailto:eric.wal...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 2:34 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Explaining Cold fusion -IV On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:05 PM, David Roberson <dlrober...@aol.com<mailto:dlrober...@aol.com>> wrote: How tightly are they actually connected when in a metal crystal? I can see how it might be possible to obtain a very large Q if the nucleus is weakly restrained by the electrons. The spring analogy is a good one and it is interesting that you were able to obtain a spring constant equivalent for the mass to stretch and relax as it moves up and down, etc. We should not make the connections between lattice points too loose, or our rigid metal sheet will turn into rubber. It seems like a single metallic bond between two metal atoms may allow for some springy movement, but I'm guessing that the Brillouin zone as a whole will be somewhat rigid. Eric
