Bob, There is one other paper I keep forgetting to bring into this discussion on ultra-dense hydrogen. It is Dufour’s brilliant hypothesis of a VERY SIZEABLE INCREASE OF GRAVITATION AT PICOMETER DISTANCE
http://www.iscmns.org/asti06/J-DUFOUR%20-%20ASTI%20PRESENTATION%20-%202006.pdf This can explain how dense clusters of same charge can stay together despite electrostatic repulsion. It could be a critical piece of the puzzle which combines Holmlid, Lawandy, Mills and the rest into a package which has few lose ends, and is almost ready for prime time – as soon as that pesky radiation signature turns up at 511 keV. (noting again that the signal may be low at any single spot within the huge bubble of muon decay, but when the totality of dispersal is considered – it will be very significant. From: Bob Higgins * What you describe is certainly an interesting and scary proposition - that protons could be sheared or broken apart. However, it is hard to imagine a number of thing in this hypothesis and that of Olafssen/Holmlid. First of all, where did the potential energy come from to put two hydrogen nuclei in 2.3pm proximity? My view on this differs from Holmlid and incorporates Lawandy’s view. For the sake of argument, consider that SPP are the formative cause of densification. They form a magnetic vortex on a surface between a conductor (not necessarily a metal) and a dielectric, and if hydrogen is also there, the H orbitals become entrained in the catalyst, powering the ring current and leaving Cooper pairs of protons as the end product, which can then further group into clusters. The hexagonal structure of hematite is critical. Yes, this requires energy from a flux of photons and is lossy. So the cumulative photons would supply the energy of densification. Any excess comes later. * Second, SPP is an electron resonance at a metal/dielectric interface, but the electrons themselves are in the metal (AFIK). How would these electrons that are in the metal (resonant in SPP or not) be complicit in a UDD/UDH breakup? IMO the electrons appear as ring current around the hexagon structure of iron oxide in the same way that electrons appear around the hexagonal ring of graphene oxide. A “local conductor” has substituted for the metal of the normal SPP and that is hematite, which fills both roles – dielectric and local conductor. * Thirdly, why would UDD/UDH be stable? Now that is a big mystery. Unlike metallic hydrogen, which is only stable so long as high pressure is applied and maintained, and which is far less dense than UDH, what we are probably seeing is a new isomer of metallic hydrogen which does not require continuous pressure. Holmlid is the expert but his view changes over time and he is probably incorrect on some points. Same with Miley, Lawandy, Mills, Winterberg, Hora, Olafsson and everyone else who comes into this field with their own background and preconceived notions. IMO – everyone can cherry pick up to the point that a defining experiment comes along and this may come from an unexpected source, maybe one of Holmlid’s students… who knows? Thankfully there does seem to be a cadre of younger researchers, mostly Nordic, getting involved in this R&D.
