I'm not convinced Anderson localization is relevant to NiH.
Anderson localization is the absence of wave diffusion in a disordered medium. NiH requires an ordered medium. The more order the better. Not only that, NiH requires an ordered medium in phonon semi-coherence, which is somehow protected from phonon decoherence. IOW there will always be thermal wave diffusion in this kind of reactor, and net gain can only happen when thermal energy is added efficiently to keep this unwanted diffusion from affecting phonon coherence. Thus - the need to add heat (usually) to an operating reactor - which reactor is nevertheless gainful to begin with. That is an inherent logical conflict which becomes the "knock" on the process - from skeptics. "If the reaction is gainful, why do you need to add heat?" The do have a point, but it is superficial. Obviously, if there it excess heat in the process, one should ostensibly need no added heat. But the non-obvious problem with that conclusion is that instantaneous thermal loss occurs at the high end first, and must be replaced there immediately, before decoherence can occur. Therefore, to maximize net gain, one needs to add only a narrow spectrum addition of lock-in energy at the high end. Resistance heating - usually employed - provides a broad spectrum, and therefore makes the net gain seem less than it can be, or nonexistent without insulation. This added boost or "tickle" of input can be done most efficiently via coherent wave addition using a laser, but only if it is energy in the narrow spectra where it means the most - which is the trigger temperature. If you must add broad spectrum heat to maintain phonon coherence, most of it is wasted. Maybe 99% is wasted. Jones From: Axil Axil "One way to define active sites for a gainful Ni-H reactor would be as a "topologically decoherence-protected nanocavities (Casmir cavities or pits) filled with protons" Have you ever asked yourself what causes those protons to accumulate in those nanocavities. After all, the protons are not little particles that fall into the cracks. No, they are waves that obey the laws of Quantum Mechanics. Cavities are not the only glue that attracts protons. Nano-hairs on nickel micro-particles perform in the same way. They attract the protons and keep them very close to these nano-obstructions. And the QM law that applies here is Anderson Localization. American physicist Philip W. Anderson won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1977, for his research into the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems, which led to the introduction of greatly advanced electronic switching and memory devices for computers. So Anderson localization is a BIG topic in Physics. In 1958 he explored the phenomenon of electron localization, or Anderson localization, wherein beyond a critical amount of impurity scattering the diffusive motion of an electron halts. In 1959 he published a theory explaining "superexchange", an interaction between the electrons of two molecular entities mediated by one or more molecules or ions. In 1961 he developed what is now called the Anderson model, to explain the behavior of heavy fermion systems. Today, it is interesting to note that Anderson localization is at the forefront of experimental solid state and condensed matter Physics. Not too long ago, experimenters have verified that Anderson Localization applies to matter waves (AKA protons). If you want to understand Ni-H reactor "topologically decoherence-protected nanocavities (Casimir cavities or pits) filled with protons" you should take some time and understand ANDERSON LOCALAZATION. Cheers: Axil On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 7:46 PM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: Ni-H reactor would be as a "topologically decoherence-protected nanocavities (Casimir cavities or pits) filled with protons"
