*Charge of the polariton cannot be 16 times more powerful in a polariton than in an electron; Can it?*
Under the rules of QED, charge cannot be created or destroyed. So it is impossible. Cheers: Axil On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 3:14 AM, Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com> wrote: > *...if an electron has spin 1/2 and a photon spin 1, then how does the > combination end up with spin 1? > * > > Because that is what Wikipedia says. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polariton > > *“The polariton is a bosonic quasiparticle, and should not be confused > with the polaron, a fermionic one, e.g. an electron plus attached phonon > cloud.” * > > But your confusion is on-target. The spin of the polariton might well come > from the dipole that makes it up. > > Electrons emit and adsorbed photons all the time and they still have ½ > spin. > > But your confusion has inspired burgeoning confusion on my part because > the article says that coupling times increases the probability of BEC > formation. > > The article says > > “*While strong optical coupling in the single-quantum limit provides > tremendous possibilities for quantum information processing through quantum > electrodynamic effects, (4, 5) it is through the use of strong optical > coupling in many particle systems that phenomena such as Bose-Einstein > condensation in the solid-state (6, 7) and low-threshold polariton lasing > and light emission (8, 9) have been discovered.”* > > Also > > *“Additional surface passivation that preserves the polaritonic nature of > the excitations at small nanowire diameters (22) allows us to push the > observed vacuum Rabi splitting to values of up to 200 meV in comparison to > bulk values of 82 meV. These results provide new avenues to achieve very > high coupling strengths (beyond bulk) potentially enabling application of > exciting phenomena such as Bose-Einstein condensation of polaritons,”* > > In quantum electrodymanics (QED), coupling is another name for charge. In > QED, the photon is the charge carrier. Also in this confusing statement, > could they be saying that the charge of the polariton is greater than the > electron? But in this paper it looks like the authors are using the term in > another way related to photon coupling. > > > I could be making bad inferences. > > The photon coupling decreases the mass of the polariton by a factor of > 10,000. This could be the reason for the increase in BEC formation > probability. > > Charge of the polariton cannot be 16 times more powerful in a polariton > than in an electron; Can it? > > I am learning this stuff also; I need to increase my proficiency in QED, > because the devil is in the details. Enlightenment is welcome for all those > who are kind enough to grant it. > > > > Cheers: Axil > > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 11:57 PM, <mix...@bigpond.com> wrote: > >> In reply to Axil Axil's message of Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:39:24 -0400: >> Hi, >> [snip] >> >The capture time of the photon is important to the LENR+ reaction because >> >while the photon and electron are combined, the electron becomes a boson >> >with spin of 1. >> >> ...if an electron has spin 1/2 and a photon spin 1, then how does the >> combination end up with spin 1? >> >> Regards, >> >> Robin van Spaandonk >> >> http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html >> >> >
