Ahern under-emphasizes the "super-radiance" and "sub-radiance" balance in this paper. If he had made DPSR clear, then there is no primary violation.
DPSR - Dicke-Preparata super-radiance - proposes that certain spatial areas can undergo intense semi-coherent energy excursions (localized energy extremes) which are nominally perfectly balanced against adjoining areas, where kinetics are correspondingly muted. At this primary level there is no gain. However, it is during a local excursion that a secondary reaction can occur, which does indeed violate CoE, to the extent it is gainful in itself. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] His example of spring coupled point masses seems to circumvent the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, by focusing rather than diffusing kinetic energy. As in endothermic chemical reactions, this is (probably) just an apparent violation of the 2nd Law, except occurring at nuclear/particle scales.
