RE: [Vo]: How many atoms to make condensed matter?Jones-- Geometry is probably reflected all the way down. The geometry of the nuclei are fixed on the stability of the tetrahedron per Norman Cook’s model for nuclei. Rossi seems to agree with him and probably refers to this stability configuration in his consideration of Li-7 going to Be-8 with quick decay into 2 alphas.
It would not surprise me to hear about such geometry at the Planck scale for the geometry of nature. Dipole and quadrupole of structures of nuclei are important in the magnetic stimulation of nuclei via their magnetic characteristics. Resonant electric dipole and quadrapole interactions are also possible for nuclear stimulation, but not as easy to accomplish as the magnetic ones. Bob Cook From: Jones Beene Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 7:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Vo]: How many atoms to make condensed matter? Side note for the aestheticists amongst us: Isn’t it likely that a hexagonal geometry of pico-snowflakes is a generic form which is reflected in structures all the way down to dense hydrogen? It’s no coincidence that iron oxide as catalyst, takes on the classic hexagonal nanostructure, and this geometry becomes reflected in a most stable form of dense hydrogen (LiH6 and others)... and then reflected the other way, in snowflakes or gems and rocks. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269304006860 Of further interest is a hint at how LENR could be explained… if, that is … it is found (via Holmlid) that nucleons are actually less difficult to disintegrate than they are to fuse (via UDD symmetry-breaking where the baryon octet resists becoming a nucleon sextet): http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/nobel-prize-in-physics-for-beautiful-symmetry-breaking-discoveries.html We’ve talked about D'Arcy Thompson here before. He was the Scottish biologist and mathematician remembered for “On Growth and Form” (1917) possibly the most timeless book of science since “Principia”. Peter Medawar, Nobel Laureate, calls it “the finest work of literature in all the annals of science that have been recorded in the English tongue.” Even without the full picture (or the necessary proof) there can be a hidden realization which almost jumps out at you, when enough pieces of the jigsaw puzzle are fitted together …
