There have been indications from research in superconductivity that charge, spin an angular momentum may be separated from the electron and that the law of conservation of charge is often violated in these types of systems.
This new experiment shows that the properties of quantum particles can be separated in time and space using weak observations and such disembodied quantum properties are an inherent mechanism of quantum mechanics. *Given all the weird things that can occur in quantum mechanics—from entanglement to superposition to teleportation—not much seems surprising in the quantum world. Nevertheless, a new finding that an object's physical properties can be disembodied from the object itself is not something we're used to seeing on an everyday basis. In a new paper, physicists have theoretically shown that this phenomenon, which they call a quantum Cheshire Cat, is an inherent feature of quantum mechanics and could prove useful for performing precise quantum measurements by removing unwanted properties. * Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-11-physicists-quantum-cheshire-cats-paradoxes.html#jCp *Physicists add 'quantum Cheshire Cats' to list of quantum paradoxes* In thinking about LENR, we must guard against narrow thinking which treats quantum particles like billiard balls. For example, charge (aka the coulomb barrier) may be reduced (as in the fractional quantum hall effect) or totally removed from protons if the nucleus of the atom is properly manipulated.
