Does a convincing demonstration of "anomalous cooling" of a
hydrogen-loaded nanopowder help, or hinder, the case for "anomalous heating"
of similar but slightly different mixtures?
Looks like there are no takers on this one. Basically, the point of keenest
interest for explaining thermal anomalies in nanopowder ... especially those
"which can go either way" (endotherm or exotherm) involves Robert Dicke's
"super-radiance" ... which comes with "sub-radiance" as its counterbalance.
Both are power laws, so the gain or loss in photon emission is exponential,
over the random condition. It should be very important for proper understanding of the Ni-H phenomenon to understand it in the context of a shifting balance between superradiance and subradiance and in the context of QM. http://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v3/n2/full/nphys494.html "In 1954, Robert Dicke introduced the concept of superradiance in describing the cooperative, spontaneous emission of photons from a collection of atoms. The concept of superradiance can be understood by picturing each atom as a tiny antenna emitting electromagnetic waves. Thermally excited atoms emit light randomly, and the emitted intensity is a function of the number of atoms, N. However, when the atomic "antennas" are coherently radiating in phase with each other, the net electromagnetic field is proportional to N, and therefore the emitted intensity goes as N^2. Now ... How do you get to the "frigorific" (cold) intensity level, that is N^-2? How does this tie into the zero point field? How does Preparata fit into the picture? Isn't this the theory that Allan Widom should have stuck with? Are we ready to graduate to Frig. 102?
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