Sounds reasonable. I would think the ions may be more vulnerable/unstable in this state, especially if they are densely packed in a compressed void with the repulsion of the walls and with possible concentrated charge/fields within.
On Sunday, September 2, 2012, ChemE Stewart wrote: > Dave, > > I was looking at Rydberg matter densities and Inverted Rydberg densities > from this paper from Miley and others. > > > http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/STAFF/VISITING_FELLOWS&PROFESSORS/pdf/MileyClusterRydbLPBsing.pdf > > > > > On Sunday, September 2, 2012, Terry Blanton wrote: > >> On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 7:59 PM, David Roberson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I assume you refer to inverse Rydberg (f/h) matter here. Normal Rydberg >> > matter is less dense from what I have seen. >> >> No, I refer to hydrogen with extra energy which forces the electron >> into a higher energy state near ionization. The electron is in a >> widely eccentric orbit who's perigee brings it close enough to the >> nucleus that it imitates a neutron and whose apogee is near >> ionization. >> >> T >> >>
