Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-24 Thread Harry Veeder
On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 6:04 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Sat, 23 Mar 2013 04:04:55 -0400: Hi, [snip] The weak force doesn't actually present a barrier. It presents a chance that something will occur. Electrons and protons don't normally combine into

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-24 Thread mixent
In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Sun, 24 Mar 2013 20:36:40 -0400: Hi, [snip] It's actually classically forbidden. 1 baseball + a second baseball does not make 3 baseballs. I don't understand your analogy. Aren't we talking about 1e combining with 1p to make 1n? Yes, but that's the

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-24 Thread Harry Veeder
On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 10:50 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Sun, 24 Mar 2013 20:36:40 -0400: Hi, [snip] It's actually classically forbidden. 1 baseball + a second baseball does not make 3 baseballs. I don't understand your analogy. Aren't we talking

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-23 Thread Harry Veeder
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 4:14 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:40:15 -0400: Hi, [snip] On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 5:10 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to Eric Walker's message of Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:56:07 -0700: Hi, [snip] On Sun,

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-23 Thread mixent
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:41:08 -0400: Hi, [snip] On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 7:38 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 7:37 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 4:03 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: I

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-23 Thread mixent
In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Sat, 23 Mar 2013 04:04:55 -0400: Hi, [snip] The weak force doesn't actually present a barrier. It presents a chance that something will occur. Electrons and protons don't normally combine into neutrons because their combined mass is inadequate. It's 782

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-23 Thread Nigel Dyer
I had the opportunity to speak to Peter about this, and I was led to believe that they were indeed mystified by what they had found, but also felt that they needed some kind of hypothesis in order to get the paper published. I know from bitter experience that it is very difficult to get a

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-23 Thread Terry Blanton
On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 5:52 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: This is due to the fact that an electron undergoing translational motion creates a magnetic field. It isn't an indication that the electron is rotating on it's own axis, and thus has an intrinsic magnetic field. Okay, but the free

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-23 Thread mixent
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:33:44 -0400: Hi, [snip] On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 5:52 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: This is due to the fact that an electron undergoing translational motion creates a magnetic field. It isn't an indication that the electron is

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-23 Thread Terry Blanton
On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 7:45 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: This is behind a pay-wall, but I get the impression that it's a theoretical paper, not an experimental one. Well, if you are right, the ionization energy to free an electron must include the negative spin momentum energy. Otherwise

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-23 Thread mixent
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Sat, 23 Mar 2013 19:51:16 -0400: Hi, [snip] On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 7:45 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: This is behind a pay-wall, but I get the impression that it's a theoretical paper, not an experimental one. Well, if you are right, the ionization

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-23 Thread Terry Blanton
On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 8:04 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: What exactly is negative spin momentum energy? You say the electron has spin when in orbit; but, when free, has no spin momentum. If so, the energy to totally ionize an electron, free it from the nucleus, must also eliminate the spin

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-23 Thread mixent
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Sat, 23 Mar 2013 20:07:07 -0400: Hi, [snip] On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 8:04 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: What exactly is negative spin momentum energy? You say the electron has spin when in orbit; but, when free, has no spin momentum. If so, the energy to

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-23 Thread Eric Walker
On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 5:27 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: Now let the entire ellipse swing around the focus like a hoola hoop. We have a second form of angular momentum (l). Note that the electron itself is still following the original trajectory around the perimeter of the ellipse as

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-23 Thread Terry Blanton
On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 8:27 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: Consider the following:- I'll have to cogitate on that.

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-23 Thread Eric Walker
On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 5:40 PM, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: What's to make this kind of precession not be a spherical one, e.g., such that the movement of the ellipsoid over time rather than being planar instead cancels out any magnetic moment? To attempt an answer to my own

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-23 Thread mixent
In reply to Eric Walker's message of Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:40:02 -0700: Hi, On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 5:27 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: Now let the entire ellipse swing around the focus like a hoola hoop. We have a second form of angular momentum (l). Note that the electron itself is still

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-23 Thread mixent
In reply to Eric Walker's message of Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:01:48 -0700: Hi, [snip] On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 5:40 PM, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: What's to make this kind of precession not be a spherical one, e.g., such that the movement of the ellipsoid over time rather than being

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-20 Thread mixent
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:49:19 -0400: Hi, [snip] On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 5:37 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: I suspect that *free* electrons (don't) have any spin momentum. And no magnetic moment? Come now! I would much appreciate a reference to the

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-20 Thread mixent
In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:40:15 -0400: Hi, [snip] On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 5:10 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to Eric Walker's message of Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:56:07 -0700: Hi, [snip] On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 2:50 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: BTW

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-20 Thread Terry Blanton
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 4:03 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: I would much appreciate a reference to the measurement of the *magnetic moment* of *free* electrons. Isn't that how a cathode ray tube works?

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-20 Thread Terry Blanton
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 7:37 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 4:03 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: I would much appreciate a reference to the measurement of the *magnetic moment* of *free* electrons. Isn't that how a cathode ray tube works? Have you ever

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-20 Thread Terry Blanton
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 7:38 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 7:37 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 4:03 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: I would much appreciate a reference to the measurement of the *magnetic moment* of

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-18 Thread mixent
In reply to Eric Walker's message of Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:56:07 -0700: Hi, [snip] On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 2:50 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: BTW there is no potential barrier here. The proton and the electron carry opposite charges, so they are attracted to one another, rather than repelled.

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-18 Thread mixent
In reply to pagnu...@htdconnect.com's message of Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:43:13 -0400 (EDT): Hi Lou, [snip] Robin, I believe that the 782 keV represents a steep electroweak barrier that repels electrons from protons at a very close range where it overwhelms the coulomb attractive force. Since the

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-18 Thread mixent
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:22:01 -0400: Hi, [snip] On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 5:50 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: BTW there is no potential barrier here. The proton and the electron carry opposite charges, so they are attracted to one another, rather than repelled.

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-18 Thread Terry Blanton
On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 5:37 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: I suspect that *free* electrons (don't) have any spin momentum. And no magnetic moment? Come now!

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-18 Thread Harry Veeder
On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 5:10 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to Eric Walker's message of Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:56:07 -0700: Hi, [snip] On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 2:50 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: BTW there is no potential barrier here. The proton and the electron carry opposite

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-17 Thread pagnucco
Robin, It's been a long time since I looked at it, but a bare, high kinetic energy e-p collision (not just a coulombic deflection) can emit an unpredictable variety of subatomic particle sprays which must, of course, satisfy all conservation laws. An e-p collision involving collective electric

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-17 Thread David Roberson
close companionship with the proton, but not too close. Two protons are repelled as expected by the coulomb barrier. Dave -Original Message- From: pagnucco pagnu...@htdconnect.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sun, Mar 17, 2013 12:53 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-17 Thread Eric Walker
On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 10:03 AM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: I assume that the only reason that they do not join together is because of some form of quantum mechanical process. It is interesting that the electron seeks close companionship with the proton, but not too close. I

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-17 Thread mixent
In reply to pagnu...@htdconnect.com's message of Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:53:23 -0400 (EDT): Hi, [snip] Robin, It's been a long time since I looked at it, but a bare, high kinetic energy e-p collision (not just a coulombic deflection) can emit an unpredictable variety of subatomic particle sprays

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-17 Thread mixent
In reply to pagnu...@htdconnect.com's message of Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:53:23 -0400 (EDT): Hi, [snip] but the magnetic field it couples to can possess enormous momentum, allowing it to surmount potential barriers greater than KE. BTW there is no potential barrier here. The proton and the electron

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-17 Thread Terry Blanton
On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 5:50 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: BTW there is no potential barrier here. The proton and the electron carry opposite charges, so they are attracted to one another, rather than repelled. What is missing is sufficient mass to form a neutron. This can however be

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-17 Thread pagnucco
Robin, I believe that the 782 keV represents a steep electroweak barrier that repels electrons from protons at a very close range where it overwhelms the coulomb attractive force. Since the proton is a quark bag, the equations governing the complete interaction become quite challenging - too

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-17 Thread pagnucco
Interesting thought. Are you suggesting the energy could be supplied by a reduction in collective electron spin? - i.e., by raising collective e-spin entropy? Terry Blanton wrote: On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 5:50 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: BTW there is no potential barrier here. The proton

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-17 Thread Terry Blanton
On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 8:47 PM, pagnu...@htdconnect.com wrote: Interesting thought. Are you suggesting the energy could be supplied by a reduction in collective electron spin? - i.e., by raising collective e-spin entropy? Not really my idea; but one that changed Don Hotson's life from being

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-17 Thread Eric Walker
On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 2:50 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: BTW there is no potential barrier here. The proton and the electron carry opposite charges, so they are attracted to one another, rather than repelled. I take it that when physicists refer to a potential barrier, they mean

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-16 Thread ChemE Stewart
I think lightning is the discharge from the buildup of charge in the atmosphere created from the surface LENR of orbital quantum micro black holes of entropy and the cooling condensing, rain and snow is triggered as they extract entropy from the surrounding gaseous atmosphere along cold fronts

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-16 Thread mixent
In reply to pagnu...@htdconnect.com's message of Sat, 16 Mar 2013 01:09:56 -0400 (EDT): Hi, [snip] Lightning strikes produce free neutrons, and we’re not sure how - Low energy neutrons not due to cosmic rays or any other previously known source.

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-16 Thread pagnucco
Robin, Possibly. If the p + e- -- n reaction actually occurs (as per W-L), though, my guess is that electrons borrow just enough energy from their neighbors to climb the 782 keV electroweak barrier - just like the atom (or electrons) on the tip of an arrow borrows energy from the other atoms in

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-16 Thread pagnucco
Maybe. Who can do the math on quantum black holes, though? Daunting. ChemE Stewart wrote: I think lightning is the discharge from the buildup of charge in the atmosphere created from the surface LENR of orbital quantum micro black holes of entropy and the cooling condensing, rain and snow is

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-16 Thread mixent
In reply to pagnu...@htdconnect.com's message of Sat, 16 Mar 2013 19:09:49 -0400 (EDT): Hi, [snip] I could be mistaken, but I think that e-p free space bare collisions over 782 keV will result in all kinds of subatomic particle shards and debris, but seldom in a single neutron. What sort of

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-15 Thread pagnucco
An interesting paper - a printable copy is at URL: Arc-liberated chemical energy exceeds electrical input energy http://ose.accomazzi.net/files/15115795-Graneau-Paper-on-Water-Explosions.pdf There are also seven papers that cite this one, availble thru google. -- Lou Pagnucco James Bowery

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-15 Thread James Bowery
Quoting from the conclusion of the article they reiterate the explanation of the source of energy: The difference in the latent heat between fog and bulk water is eventually restored by heat in the atmosphere, which allows the fog to condense and return to earth. Does this make any sense to

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-15 Thread mixent
In reply to James Bowery's message of Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:43:42 -0500: Hi, [snip] Quoting from the conclusion of the article they reiterate the explanation of the source of energy: The di?erence in the latent heat between fog and bulk water is eventually restored by heat in the atmosphere, which

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-15 Thread James Bowery
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 4:49 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to James Bowery's message of Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:43:42 -0500: Hi, [snip] Quoting from the conclusion of the article they reiterate the explanation of the source of energy: The di?erence in the latent heat between fog

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-15 Thread mixent
In reply to James Bowery's message of Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:05:34 -0500: Hi, [snip] On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 4:49 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to James Bowery's message of Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:43:42 -0500: Hi, [snip] Quoting from the conclusion of the article they reiterate the

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-15 Thread James Bowery
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 5:18 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to James Bowery's message of Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:05:34 -0500: Hi, [snip] On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 4:49 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to James Bowery's message of Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:43:42 -0500: Hi, [snip]

RE: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-15 Thread MarkI-ZeroPoint
, Charles B. Allison, Daniel Cavazos, Frank M. Mullen -Mark Iverson From: James Bowery [mailto:jabow...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 3:25 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 5:18 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to James

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-15 Thread mixent
In reply to James Bowery's message of Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:24:47 -0500: Hi, [snip] That's very problematic given Figure 6. They're showing 10 gain in that figure from E7 to E12. How can plasma physicists who are staking their careers on billions of dollars of investment to get to near break be

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-15 Thread James Bowery
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 8:04 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to James Bowery's message of Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:24:47 -0500: Hi, [snip] That's very problematic given Figure 6. They're showing 10 gain in that figure from E7 to E12. How can plasma physicists who are staking their

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-15 Thread Eric Walker
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 6:04 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: The sentence:- The loss of intermolecular bond energy in the conversion from liquid to fog must be the source of the explosion energy. ... is the problem. First, they have the sign of intermolecular bond energy wrong. When water

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-15 Thread mixent
In reply to James Bowery's message of Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:16:02 -0500: Hi, [snip] On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 8:04 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to James Bowery's message of Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:24:47 -0500: Hi, [snip] That's very problematic given Figure 6. They're showing 10 gain

RE: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-15 Thread Jones Beene
It should be noted that George Hathaway was a co-author on several of the Graneau papers. He retracted some of conclusions: http://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l@eskimo.com/msg26685.html “I published a rebuttal of the Graneau excess-energy claims a letter to the editor of Infinite Energy

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-15 Thread James Bowery
Well, of course he would retract the nonsense about ambient energy. HOWEVER Did Hathaway retract the experimental data presented? If not, then the comparison of E7 to E12 still stands as true with very little in the way of inference. On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 9:07 PM, Jones Beene

RE: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-15 Thread Jones Beene
Well, it would not be nonsense if there was gain from the zero point field. That kind of gain is expected to carry ambient heat with it - with the side effect of cooling the surroundings. From: James Bowery Well, of course he would retract the nonsense about ambient energy.

Re: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-15 Thread James Bowery
Touché On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 9:44 PM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: Well, it would not be nonsense if there was gain from the zero point field. ** ** That kind of gain is expected to carry ambient heat with it – with the side effect of cooling the surroundings. **

RE: [Vo]:Graneau Questions

2013-03-15 Thread pagnucco
Yes. There are a number of papers proposing a counter-intuitive environment-to-system heat energy concentration based on non-thermal entropy exchanges (e.g. from spin baths) and/or taylored quantum measurement wavefunction collapses. Also, the anomalous effects surrounding lightning may be