Reading around the subject of sonoluminescence
I was interested to come across the following.
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Single-bubble sonoluminescence pulses can
have very stable periods and positions.
In fact, the frequency of light flashes can
be more stable than the rated frequency
stability of the oscillator making the sound
waves driving them.
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Being a "concrete head" (to use Keith's sobriquet)
I immediately visualized the effect of jumping up and
down on prestressed concrete footbridges and putting
them into resonance. The frequency of the footbridge
bounce is far more stable than the "rated frequency
of the oscillator" (me) making the waves driving them.
Now since the bubble is a very high pF (low Beta-
atmosphere pressure) cavity, it occurred to me that
one could see it as miniature cavity magnetron.
Th combination of its small size and it low B-a
pressure [high tension if one will insist on using
an anthropomorphic datum ;-) ] suggests that it will
be transmitting EM radiation at very short wave
lengths and high frequencies.
Of course, this explanation is so obvious that one
immediately asks oneself, why on earth has no one
else suggested it.
I submit it is because when people come to put
numbers on the problem, they are hamstrung by the
failure to recognise the existence of the reduced
Beta-atmosphere pressure in the cavity and its
effect on those numbers.
Perhaps Son Et Lumière is the key, not only to the
wider recognition of the Beta-atmosphere's existence
but also to the understanding of LENR.
Cheers,
Frank Grimer
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