Rydberg matter is a demonstrated fact. In that state the old Bohr-Sommerfeld quantum theory is applicable, and that allows elliptical orbits as long as angular momentum quantization is respected. The most interesting aspect of Rydberg states is their near immortality on the atomic scale. When condensed as in Cooper pairing, this could be a royal road to explaining heat-after-death.
-drl ----------------------------------------------- "I write a little. I erase a lot." - Chopin ________________________________ From: Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 10:10 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:The recent ICCF18 (Defkcalion Demo) Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: did you read? > >http://www.slideshare.net/ssusereeef70/2012-0813-iccf17-paperdgtgx This bothers me. As I said before, this looks like theoretical speculation which is not backed up with either rigorous experiments or theory equations. They talk about "'excited' hydrogen atoms in a Rydberg state." How do they know these exist? How did they detect and measure this state (partial ionization)? How do they know the electron's trajectory becomes elliptic, as stated a few pages down? Do they have instruments to do this? Did they farm out the study to some other lab? What is the scientific basis for the claims made in this paper? - Jed
