In reply to Jones Beene's message of Mon, 29 Nov 2010 07:54:01 -0800:
Hi,
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected]
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>>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.
>
>RvS: "Rydberg states are large n states, which rapidly decay. They are not
>dense AFAIK."
>
>Well ... cough, cough ... did you read the article which was cited a few
>messages back? I would not want to argue that point with George Miley and
>associates, who claim that the density seen in their testing is ~ 10^29
>atoms/cm.
>
>Here is the citation; and it is one of the most important papers in the last
>two years IMHO: "Ultrahigh-density deuterium of Rydberg matter clusters for
>inertial confinement fusion targets"
>
>L. Holmlid, H. Hora, G. Miley and X. Yang, Laser and Particle Beams 27
>(2009) 529-532.
>
Quote:
"The distance d between the deuterons was measured to be
d = 2.3+-0.1 pm, (1)
compared with the theoretical value of 2.5 pm derived from
the properties of inverted Rydberg matter."
^^^^^^^^
10E23 / mL for Rydberg matter in gasses is about 2.5 Angstrom / atom.
BTW 10E29 / mL is about 0.022 Angstrom / atom, and about the size that Mills
claims for his smallest Hydrinohydride. (p=24).
Regards,
Robin van Spaandonk
http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
