In an earlier thread concerning the significance of a large
external electric field to the SPAWAR experimental results,
announced in "New Energy Times" it was mentioned that there were a
number of possible explanations, including:
7) an alteration in "time" itself such that a normal QM
probability distributions become highly skewed.
To which Steve Krivit appropriately responded:
Good lord!
...to which I (with no pretense of being that higher authority)
countered:
Actually there is mainstream science that supports this
conclusion. Cites to follow.
Of course, I was being a bit overly dramatic, but yes, "time
alteration" (in the sense of changing an applicable time
constant with HV) is probably in tune with mainstream science as
much as anything else in the experiment itself ;-)
OK. I have been collecting a bunch of citations to offer: where
different experiments were performed in which some physical
time-denominated property (i.e, it includes /dt) like radioactive
decay rate or even "weight" (time denominated in the sense of
gravitational acceleration) was or can be modified in its normal
reaction rate by a strong external electric or magnetic field.
Fred's recent post reminded me of this change in the rate of
gravitational acceleration, as being possibly 'on point' to the
SPAWAR experiment). This does not mean that this is the correct
explanation for anything to do with LENR - but it could very well
be involved in some significant way, along with other factors like
a transient BEC state which is slightly prolonged by time
dilation.
First however, is the theory. Don't be put-off by the fact that is
has a distinct Tom Bearden "ring" to it (it does) because this may
be one of the theoretical things which TB has been partly correct
about. He may remain (to some observers) the most disappointing
figure in the pursuit of free-energy, given his many failed
promises, giant ego and false claims, but the guy is intelligent,
with or without that putative PhD. The paper in question is:
"Physical Space as a Quaternion Structure, Maxwell Equations. "
by Peter Michael Jack (July 18, 2003)
This paper shows how to write Maxwell's Equations in Hamilton's
Quaternions. If P.M. Jack is correct, then Bearden screwed up his
own math in a small detail, and failed to see the real
significance of the quaternion result - wrt Maxwell's.
http://arxiv.org/pdf/math-ph/0307038
"The fact that the quaternion product is non-commuting leads to
distinct left and right derivatives which must both be included in
the theory. A new field component is then revealed, which reduces
part of the degree of freedom found in the gauge, but which can
then be used to explain thermoelectricity, suggesting that the
theory of heat has just as fundamental a connection to
electromagnetism as the magnetic field has to the electric field,
for the new theory now links thermal, electric, and magnetic
phenomena
altogether in one set of elementary equations. This result is
based on an initial hypothesis, named "The Quaternion Axiom," that
postulates physical space is a quaternion structure."
It is worth a read if you are not put off by the math. More later
about how time (dt) can be modified by an electric field to both
drastically speed-up a low-probability QM reaction and to also
account for how the normal gamma or other high energy radiation
becomes immediately downshifted into lower energy photons, and to
account for the alteration in D+D "branching" which favors tritium
over 3He.
Jones
