Could f/H states of hydrogen be a symptom of LENR rather than a cause? Could screening of the hydrogen nucleus result in contracting electron orbitals?
On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 7:06 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > In reply to Jones Beene's message of Sun, 28 Apr 2013 07:17:13 -0700: > Hi, > [snip] > > There are two assumptions that most papers purporting to show the > impossibility > of f/H states share. > > 1) They assume that spin is an intrinsic property of the electron. > 2) I get the impression they also assume that the mass of the both > electron and > proton remain constant during transitions to f/H states. > > In particular, I suspect #2 as the primary reason for obtaining imaginary > (as in > complex numbers) values. > > Where #2 is concerned, consider the following questions:- > > 1) Does a Hydrogen atom in the ground state weigh (13.6 eV / c^2) less > than the > combined mass of a free proton and a free electron? > (IOW, when a Hydrogen atom in an excited state emits a photon while > transitioning to a less energetic state, does the atom's weight change by > the > mass equivalent of the energy emitted?) > 2) If the answer to the first question is yes, then do the particles > individually weigh less, or does their field energy have mass? > 3) If the latter, then how can we say that the mass of a Hydrogen atom is > the > sum of the mass of a free proton and a free electron? > > These questions go to the heart of mass/energy equivalence. > [snip] > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html > >
