"Shrunken" in this context is about deep Dirac electron orbitals or Mills orbitals. Yes, this should be possible with atoms having more than 1 electron in the neutral state, but to be of any fusion use, the orbitals of all electrons must be simultaneously shrunk. This shrunken state should be easier to form and detect in a hydrogen atom with only 1 electron for the neutral atom, and yet we don't have any confirmation that it does happen (there are many thing about nature that we haven't learned how to detect).
If a helium had only one of its 2 electrons in a shrunken orbital, the net charge would be +1 when the outer electron orbital was crossed. The outer electron orbital would probably be different with one of the electrons shrunk to a deep Dirac level. This would cause the He to look like a heavy hydrogen chemically. OTOH, if even one electron was placed in a deep Dirac level, would it enhance the possibility of electron capture reactions? How would we even know if happened? Chemically, it would behave like the electron captured element even without the capture. On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 3:56 AM, Roarty, Francis X <[email protected] > wrote: > Eric, it seems likely that any gas atoms that can migrate into the > required nano geometry should also shrink… so helium should do fine but I > don’t know about metal atoms which might need plasma temperatures and that > would seem to threaten the standard skeletal catalyst or nano powders, > however there is the Mills mechanism of self catilization that would > present a possible avenue for this. > > Fran > > > > *From:* Eric Walker [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Sunday, December 06, 2015 4:36 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]: How many atoms to make condensed matter? > > > > On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 3:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > BTW, If "shrunken Helium" should exist (along the same lines as Mills' > shrunken > Hydrogen), then it might provide a simple means of overcoming the Coulomb > barrier. > > > > If there is shrunken hydrogen, it seems likely that there would also be > shrunken helium (and shrunken zinc, lead, uranium, etc.). > > > > Eric > > >
