Excuse the typo: 27.2 * 11= 299.2 eV ... which is an important correction to make - since the 11th ionization potential of nickel happens to be 299.96 eV which is very close to an ideal fit for the Mills' catalytic "hole" - a few parts per thousand off.
This fits pretty well with the idea of displacement hole which is caused by
the Auger effect - an electron amplified by a factor of 1000 from its normal
energy level. Whereas the electron could NEVER reach the MeV level which is
needed for fusion... at least not by a nanoplasmonics route.
IOW this is more like an auger effect of displaced electrons, and not like
thermal ionization which is stripping away valence electrons first. But
there is no gain in the amplification mechanism itself - so there is no CoE
problem there.
The net energy gain is in the completed reaction, and in the resultant Auger
cascade, which according to Mills comes from the angular momentum shed by
the proton's new reduced orbital electron - which now sits in the Auger
induced hole of nearly 300 eV.
However, one does not have to accept that explanation for non-nuclear gain.
Mills could have gotten the mechanism right, but not the ultimate source of
gain. Even without a Millsean explanation - there would be an expected Auger
cascade from such a displacement and we could look for gain coming from
elsewhere - obviously from mass to energy conversion. A logical place to
look is from the proton reduced mass.
Approximately 300 eV of mass-energy could come from the ~GeV mass of a
proton via QCD color charge, and there would be no possible way to see it,
even if every proton provides several emissions of this level.
The falsifiability of this route comes from UV spectrometry. Mills claims to
see a signature, but not everyone agrees with his technique.
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From: Daniel Rocha
I hope you just noticed that the energy
scale at which these phenomena occur are puny in comparison to what is
needed for fusion.
Right you are Daniel - yet this is an
interesting amplification phenomenon, nevertheless - but as you say it is a
factor of one thousand too low for the fusion threshold.
However, be not dismayed ... photons which
are amplified by a factor or 1200 are ideal for the Mills' effect -
fractional hydrogen - especially on the surface of nano-nickel.
Why is this kind of amplification
particularly true for a nickel surface ? Surprisingly, it could be because
of the catalytic "holes" (which are resonant at a Rydberg level) in nickel
are found at deep redundancy- which is the 7th ionization potential or 27.2
x 7 = 190.4 eV and the 11th or 27.2 x 11 = 304.7
For many years, those who studied CQM in the
context of the actual gainful experiments, where the common denominator is
often nickel ... were perplexed about how such deep energy holes could be
accessed when some of the experiments were successful with only pressure,
and zero added electric field.
But nanoplasmonics provides a possible way.
It is a non-obvious way, it seems. Randy himself has never been able to
provide a satisfactory answer for why nickel is as active as it is... which
is like crapping out on the value of all the good experiments. He should
have just looked at the IP levels, 7 and 11. How is that for "convenience"?
... and you thought "craps" was only a
casino game.
For the non-gamblers ... in the casino dice
game there is a "shooter" like Randy Mills, and he makes a "come-out" roll.
A come-out roll of 2, 3 or 12 is called "crapping out" and anyone betting
the Pass line loses. A come-out roll of 7 or 11 is a "natural", and the Pass
line wins.
Nickel looks like a natural to me ...
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