In reply to Eric Walker's message of Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:04:00 -0800: Hi, There is another problem I have with the Rydberg option. I would expect elongated atoms to orient themselves in exactly the opposite direction to that needed to facilitate fusion, i.e. with the proton as *far* from the target nucleus as possible.
>On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 12:30 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >Is there such a thing as deformed Rydberg H2 (as opposed to H)? >> > >I'm not too familiar with the details, but it looks like you can get >Rydberg H2. > >http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v95/i13/e133202 > >I suspect there will be deformation under a field, but I'm not sure. > >Eric Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html

