Poser: Rydberg states of hydrogen atoms are dense (far denser than osmium for instance) and "long-lived" in one way of looking at the situation (compared to Muons or other exotica, for instance) but the so-called radiative lifetime of a circular Rydberg state, n = 100 is approximately 1 second, it seems.
However, they can be rapidly formed to come & go sequentially in certain circumstances (apparently). Even so, it would be nice to make and collect hydrogen in this condensed state, say . for use "on demand" in LENR or as targets for ICF. where a simple surgical laser could fuse them. These structures are mid energy states, ~500 K, but the thing I have been wondering about is: can they . let's call them: RQDs (Rydberg quantum dots) . be "frozen rapidly" for extended life-time? Anyone familiar with the melt-spin method may understand what I have in mind. The cooling rates achievable by melt-spinning are on the order of a million degrees per second - so "on paper" this could be possible. The people who probably "dread-but-love" the implications of this suggestion more than anyone will be the staff of overpaid geniuses at LLNL . you know, the boffins who have burned through ~ two trillion of your tax dollars over the years on extremely wasteful boondoggles like the infamous "baseball magnet" . .and for something that laser arrays that seldom work and will be likely be eventually replace far more simply (if cold RQDs are feasible) .maybe this takes place in your basement, for home power. .if the MIB will let you, that is. Oh well. Jones
