In reply to Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint's message of Fri, 23 Sep 2011 01:07:14 -0700: Hi, [snip] >What are the ends of the dipole? Getting back to the above paragraph of just >whats oscillating and the aether being under tremendous stress/tension, >perhaps one end of the dipole is a region of higher pressure, the other, lower >pressure. These regions cause the surrounding aether to polarize in some >manner which helps to contain the regions from expanding or contracting >infinitely, and thus, dissipating. Just looking at one side of the dipole, at
When a free electron binds to a free proton in the ground state, 13.6 eV is released as photon(s), so the ground state is "down" 13.6 eV. This is -27.2 eV electrostatic (potential) energy, and +13.6 eV kinetic energy. The farthest possible extent of the electron occurs when that remaining 13.6 eV of kinetic energy is converted to electrostatic energy, and the electron has no kinetic energy. This happens at twice the Bohr radius, which is thus the maximum separation distance between electron and proton. In short the chance that the electron will be found beyond this is zero (unless it acquires energy from elsewhere). Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
