In reply to Bob Higgins's message of Wed, 11 May 2016 12:05:43 -0600: Hi, [snip] >Stephen, My understanding is that Rydberg hydrogen is highly excited >hydrogen - it is just below an energy that the hydrogen would be ionized. >In fact, small energy inputs to hydrogen in a Rydberg state will ionize >it. As I understand the orbitals for Rydberg state hydrogen they are huge >diameter flattened ellipsoids. Because of this, it is not too far off to >consider it like a Bohr model. In Rydberg Matter (RM), all of the atoms >have an electron in a large flattened ellipsoid shape which now loops some >of the other nuclei in the RM to hold it together. RM naturally forms as a >large planar "snowflake", but can easily be warped in a field gradient. RM >is well characterized from its rotational spectrum. > >OTOH, the ultra-dense form is nearly pure imagination at this point, based >on very slim data. If an ultra-dense form happens, how could it be formed >from high energy matter like RM? Normally the very small is only achieved >when substantial energy is removed from the system. [snip]
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