Dave, Technically, it would appear that active cooling of this type would not necessarily be limited to previously broadcast EM radiation per se (in the sense of far-field balancing of terahertz) or EMI. If one can read the complex emission spectrum accurately (via ultra high speed computer processing) and supply the correct anti-noise signal focused directly to the emitter substrate, then perhaps that would be sufficient to modulate the emission. IOW the partial cancellation of heat would occur at the phonon level of the surface, even before the blackbody radiation is emitted. Who knows? That would assume that the ZPF can serve as a heat sink as well as heat source, once it is finally understood well enough to utilize on a commercial basis.
At any rate, EMI or RFI may be "well understood" or "widely practiced" in
some forms as a matter of normal telecom, but the state of the art for
military communication is one of the more important black-ops ... at least
in the mind of various spooks of the world. It is probably far advance over
what normal commerce can use. We (or at least moi) probably do not want to
be identified as having much understanding or interest in the finer points
of this frigging field (so to speak) ... outside of chilling a few cold ones
:-)
From: David Roberson
Jones, I do not consider the far field balancing out of an
electromagnetic radiation waveform as a new form of negative radiation.
Radiation patterns have been modified by the addition of extra elements for
many years in the radio business to protect other stations. This is well
understood and widely practiced.
A perfect example of the far field balancing of waves can be
demonstrated by the action of a charged particle moving in a circular path.
The single charge radiates an RF far field wave that is maximum at right
angles to the plane that the motion is restricted to. If you then add many
more equal charges to the path that are equally spaced and ultimately
continuous, then there will be a vanishing far field. This is due to the
fact that the vector sum of all of the individual radiating charges balance
out.
If the frigorific radiation is merely another way to express
the balancing of far fields by vector addition then I can see no good reason
to complicate the issue. Do you consider that there is another form of
negative radiation acting in this manner? If so, what natural laws would
define that behavior?
Dave
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