That is the conclusion that I have drawn as well Axil. DGT apparently has decided that their reaction depends upon ionized hydrogen which is obtained by the spark gap. Why they then believe that the bare proton captures an electron to become a Rydberg atom that then reacts is difficult to understand. Even if it did enter an elongated ellipsoid pattern it is not possible to assign the location of the electron to an exact place near the proton for any finite period of time. Quantum theory does not suggest that the electron is actually in some time domain orbit, but exists in the position near the proton as a probability function.
It would be easier for me to believe that the bare proton is accelerated by the positive gap voltage until it collides with some nickel powder. This behavior would resemble hot fusion if enough energy were to be imparted, but 30 thousand electron volts would appear inadequate. A strange thought occurred to me. What if the high speed raw proton induced an electron on the surface of the nickel powder to align directly into its path? The changing electric field arising from the proton would tend to focus tighter and tighter as it reaches the nickel surface. I am not sure of how quantum mechanics would treat such an aligned proton-electron pair, but perhaps there is a period of time during which they become extremely close due to mutual attraction. The momentum of the proton would ensure that the pair continued forward into the nickel matrix since the pair would act in the manner of a neutron. I can envision that the pair might collide with a nickel nucleus and fuse. >From an external point of view this would very much appear like an electron >capture event and the energy released by the fusion would be more than enough >to supply that required for the process. If such a process were possible, it would be extremely easy to control since a source of high speed protons is required. DGT is generating these with the high voltage spark and the number released can be accurately controlled. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Tue, Dec 4, 2012 9:13 pm Subject: [Vo]:Re: [Vo]:Re: [Vo]:Re: [Vo]:[Defkalion GT] "Το ΒΗΜΑ-science" article of December 2nd, 2012 (in English) Regarding this statement in the PDF file foundon the DGT website as follows: “The third way was the one we found: to “make the mountain disappear" for a very short time." We succeeded by disguising protons in neutrons via stimulation of nickel in Rydberg form. In this form the trajectory of the electron is elongated elliptically, so that at its "perihelion" the system appears as a neutron and not as “the mountain in-between". Thereafter, we cause fusion by applying magnetic fields and pressure". Defkalion Green Technologies states that their Hyperion LENR reactor cores contain ordinary H2 hydrogen gas, nickel powder, and proprietary materials and structures to aid in the reaction. Simple resistance heating elements are turned on to excite the hydrogen gas. The naturally occurring H2 atoms are further excited by bursts of electrical discharges via a spark plug-like device which breaks the H2 into H1 gas and transforms H1 atoms into Rydberg State Hydrogen(RSH) atoms, which have very large, often elliptical electron (cloud) orbits. The excited RSH hydrogen atoms are then squeezed into the nickel atom latticework. "For a brief period of around 10 -13th second, each RSH proton is very close to its electron. Then the RSH nuclei is a masqueraded neutron. As a result, Coulomb forces between such nuclei are almost zero during this short time window." The resulting reaction releases gamma rays and light which are absorbed inside the reactor to produce heat. To the best of my understanding, the orbit of the lone electron in the excited Rydberg State Hydrogen(RSH) atom becomes circular as the angular momentum of that electron is increased by its increasing excitation. This orbital behavior of this lone excited hydrogen electron speaks against the hydrogen atom as a neutron like quasiparticle which is DGT claims to be that root cause of nickel hydrogen fusion. I believe that DGT does not yet understand in detail what is happening inside their reaction. Cheers: Axil On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: Abd ul-Rahman Lomax <a...@lomaxdesign.com> wrote: What if NiH heat is not nuclear at all? What if it's hydrinos? (Chemical, just an unexpected form of chemistry, though hydrinos *also* might catalyze fusion . . . Okay that's possible I suppose. We could test that hypothesis if Mills would tell us what the upper limits of energy release is per mole of hydrogen. Years ago I asked him and got some confusing responses. - Jed
