Lot's of energy in that vacuum. Nature bottled it up for good reason. On Tuesday, March 5, 2013, Axil Axil wrote:
> > To understand why polaritons cause LENR when they are confined within a > nano-cavity, a look at some newly developed quantum mechanical models of > dipole-photon interactions is helpful. > > Basically, when a photon and the electron part of a dipole are confined in > a small cavity, they couple strongly together and affect each other as > waves when they resonate and overlap. > > In a nutshell, the nano-cavity keeps these photon/dipole pairs confined in > a small space for a long enough timeframe for these two types of waves to > reach a resonate condition. That is, these two types of waves rattle around > inside the cavity until they eventually overlap into a resonance condition. > > The smaller the cavity may be, the faster and more powerfully they > resonate. > > The result of this resonance is a new wave call a Polarition. > > The Rabi model (RM) describes the simplest interaction between quantum > light and matter. The model considers a two-level atom coupled to a > quantized, single-mode harmonic oscillator (in the case of light, this > could be a photon in a cavity). The model applies to a variety of physical > systems, including cavity quantum electrodynamics, the interaction between > heat and dipoles. RM describes the simplest interaction between light and > matter. In its semiclassical form, this model describes the coupling of a > two-level system and a classical monochromatic field. The fully quantum > model considers the same situation, with the light field quantized. > Although this model has had an impressive impact on many fields of physics > —in its semiclassical form, it is the basis for understanding nuclear > magnetic resonance—many physicists may be surprised to know that the > quantum Rabi model has never been solved exactly. > > > I have to mention something I though was really neat in the Nanoplasmonics > experimental results. > > > Not only do the photons and dipoles couple very strongly in the lattice, > they also couple to the quantum vacuum as evidenced by the appearance of > vacuum Rabi splitting in the spectroscopic analysis of the associated EMF > photon radiation. > > > Cheers: Axil > On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Roarty, Francis X < > [email protected]> wrote: > > YES! YES! YES! A rose by any other name regardless if you get there via > Casimir geometry or plasmonics but enough energy to disassociate H2 at a > discount less than you reap when it immediately reassociates. That is the > common thread for MAHG, Mills , Rossi and many of the others all the way > back to Langmuir.. I still think the plasmonics are feeding off the > geometry but no matter we are definetly on the same page! I think the > reproduction issue with these anomalies is only because they are self > destructive and have to be throttled way back AND sink the energy away > because even a little runaway will burn up in hotspots if not sunk from the > moment of activation. **** > > [snip] These researchers found, as the main result of their study, that > some of the hot electrons could transfer into the closed shells of the H2 > molecules and cause the two hydrogen atoms to separate, or dissociate. This > process, called "plasmon-induced dissociation of H2 on Au," [/snip]**** > > Fran**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Teslaalset [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Saturday, March 02, 2013 3:27 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:**** > > ** ** > > Axil, **** > > ** ** > > Interesting finding.**** > > Can youreward the associated source Nano letter, please?**** > > ** ** > > Thanks!**** > > Rob Woudenberg**** > > > > Op donderdag 28 februari 2013 schreef Axil Axil ([email protected]) het > volgende:**** > > Hydrogen(H2) molecule dissociation to atomic hydrogen(H1)**** > > > http://phys.org/news/2012-12-hot-electrons-impossible-catalytic-chemistry.html > **** > > Hot electrons do the impossible in catalytic chemistry**** > > Professors Peter Nordlander and Naomi J. Halas of Rice University in > Houston, Texas are at the cutting edge of the nanoplasmonic revolution. > This field of study is where LENR properly belongs.**** > > These researchers found, as the main result of their study, that some of > the hot electrons could transfer into the closed shells of the H2 molecules > and cause the two hydrogen atoms to separate, or dissociate. This process, > called "plasmon-induced dissociation of H2 on Au," **** > > **** > > > The researchers found that, as soon as they turned the laser on, the rate > of HD formation on the nanoparticle surface increased by a factor of 6. > They also measured that the rate was strongly dependent on the > concentration and size of the gold nanoparticles. The researchers explained > that, in a sense, the electrons "do the impossible" because there would be > no dissociation without them.**** > > > Nordlander said. "It is an impossible chemical reaction. The energy for > dissociation is simply too large.**** > > > On other metals, like transition metals, a hydrogen molecule can > dissociate spontaneously, in particular near defects and at elevated > temperatures.**** > > The primary reason why these energetic electrons can dissociate the hydrog > >
