on Sun, 30 May 2010 11:03:27 Abd ul-Rahman Lomax said
isn't this the problem of cold fusion itself? Generally, the problem reduces
to finding a mechanism which allows the weak force to take over by screening
the strong force or bringing nuclei within range that tunneling, for
example, can take place. But simple screening, isolated from collective
effects, clearly isn't the solution, because that would probably not change
the branching ratio; muon-catalyzed fusion doesn't, if I'm correct. So then
the search is on for other reactions besides simple screened d-d fusion,
reactions that will not produce excited He-4 in one step.
Abd,
Your perspective toward the different theories is fair and my only
response here is that you also consider the relativistic interpretations as
a form of shielding for Gamma radiation or for that matter on any electro
magnetic radiation emanating from a Casimir cavity. If time rate changes
then everything wave or matter is also changed from smaller and faster
inside to larger and slower outside. The wall of the cavity should even be
slower than the ambient time we observe outside the cavity although
certainly not a multiple like we would see approaching an event horizon it
does slowly "collect" an opposition to time distributed over it's entire
plate areas (shields?) that we then see forever rushing into the tiny mouth
of the cavity (of course all due to the forced contraction of longer
wavelengths to fit relativisticlly inside the cavity in this
interpretation). Once again it was with mixed emotions I recently discovered
my theory was already old hat and this interpretation was discussed in a
1999 paper "The Light Velocity Casimir Effect"
http://arxiv.org/ftp/physics/papers/9911/9911062.pdf by Tom Ostoma and
Mike Trushyk.
ABSTRACT
Our theory of quantum gravity called Electro-Magnetic Quantum Gravity (EMQG)
depends heavily on
an important property of the quantum vacuum; it's ability to effect the
velocity of photon propagation
under two very special physical conditions. In the first case, photon
propagation in the vacuum is
altered when the electrically charged virtual particle density changes, as
it does between the Casimir
plates. In the second case, photon propagation in the vacuum is also altered
when there is a
coordinated acceleration given to the electrically charged virtual particles
of the quantum vacuum,
such as near a large mass like the earth (EMQG). These effects can be
understood through the familiar
process that photons partake when interacting with all electrically charged
particles; 'Photon
Scattering'.
Here we propose experiments that might be set up to detect the increase in
the velocity of light in a
vacuum in the laboratory frame for the first case, that is when photons
travel between (and
perpendicular to) the Casimir plates in vacuum. The Casimir plates are two
closely spaced, conductive
plates, where an attractive force is observed to exist between the plates
called the 'Casimir Force'. We
propose that the velocity of light in a vacuum increases when propagating
between the Casimir Plates,
which are in a vacuum. We call this effect the 'Light Velocity Casimir
Effect' or LVC effect. In the
second case where light propagates upwards or downwards on the earth, the
change in light velocity
predicted by EMQG is associated with a corresponding curved 4D space-time in
general relativity,
where light velocity is taken as constant. We find that it is impossible to
distinguish between these two
conflicting views of light propagation in large gravitational fields by
experimental means at this time.
The LVC effect happens because the vacuum energy density in between the
plates is lower than that
outside the Casimir plates. The conductive plates disallow certain
frequencies of electrically charged
virtual particles to exist inside the plates, thus lowering the inside
vacuum particle density, compared to
the density outside the plates. The Casimir plates also disallow certain
wavelengths of virtual photons
as well, which is the basis for the calculation of the Casimir force first
done by H.B. G. Casimir in
1948. The reduced (electrically charged) virtual particle density results in
fewer photon scattering
events inside the plates, which should increase the light velocity between
the plates in a vacuum
relative to the normal vacuum light speed (as measured with instruments in
the laboratory frame). A
similar effect, involving light velocity change, happens when light travels
through two different real
material densities; for example when light propagates from water to air, a
process known as optical
refraction. We also propose an experiment to demonstrate the Casimir
refraction of light moving at a
shallow angle that is nearly perpendicular to a series of unequally spaced
Casimir plates, which cause
a permanent shift in the direction of light propagation. Furthermore we
propose a method to determine
the index of refraction for light propagating from the ordinary vacuum to
the less dense Casimir
vacuum.
