I've had a chance to read Jeff's helpful slides [1] and have some
questions. But first I want to make sure I've gotten the basic points
right.
Here is my current understanding of Mills's theory (there are several
related ones going around). I am trying to understand the main points of
Mills's explanation as he presents it, rather than modifications that have
been made to it by others (without saying anything about the usefulness of
such modifications). Please correct any details I have gotten wrong.
- A hydrino is a form of monoatomic hydrogen in which the electron has
entered a "redundant" state, below the ground state (n=1). Redundant
levels include 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, etc., all the way to 1/137, which is
(approximately) the fine structure constant.
- A hydrino is formed when the monoatomic hydrogen donor encounters a
catalytic acceptor.
- Acceptors are atoms or molecules that have a bond dissociation energy
or a combined ionization energy of one or more of their electrons that is a
multiple of 27.2 eV. Acceptors include water, which accepts either through
bond dissociation, or through the ionization of three electrons, receiving
as a result 81.6 = 3*27.2 eV; and a potassium atom, whose first three
ionization energies are 4.3407 + 31.63 + 45.806 = 81.7 eV = 3*27.2 eV.
- This transfer of energy to the acceptor is "radiationless," in the
sense that it only has effects in the near field, and it is accomplished
via Forster resonance energy transfer (FRET).
- When a hydrino is formed, not only is energy passed on to the acceptor
via FRET, there is also an emission of photons in a broadband spectrum,
which is bounded on one end by a well-defined cutoff. This second manner
of transferring energy to the environment via broadband photon emission is
due to the electron spiraling down to the new redundant energy level.
- When an electron moves down to the lowest redundant level, 1/137, it
becomes a photon.
- The orbit of an electron at a given redundant level is described by an
"orbitsphere." The orbitsphere has a dipole moment, in which charge is
concentrated in some parts of it more than others. This provides the basis
for an alternative explanation for the Stern-Gerlach experiment, in which a
spin quantum number was inferred for the electron by the clean bifurcation
of silver atoms against a target under the influence of an inhomogeneous
magnetic field, in contrast to a continuous distribution against the
target, which is what would have been expected if there were no electron
spin.
- The orbitsphere describes the orbits of both redundant and
non-redundant electron levels. All levels are thin and spherical in shape,
in contrast to the large variety of electron clouds proposed in the atomic
orbital model that is in wide use today.
- Hydrinos are a possible explanation for dark matter, to which
gravitational lensing and the fast angular momentum of certain galaxies is
attributed.
- Once a hydrino has formed, light does not generally interact with it,
and it effectively becomes invisible. The hydrino continues to have mass
and, hence, gravitational effects.
- There are no characteristic peaks in spectra capturing the production
of hydrinos, apart from those expected from the ionization of the acceptor.
The generation of hydrinos must be inferred from the heat they impart to
the catalyst and from the broadband distribution and predicted cutoff seen
in spectra.
Have I messed anything up? To what extent is the preceding account that of
Mills, and to what extent has it been modified, either intentionally by
others, or unintentionally by me?
Eric
[1] http://zhydrogen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/BLP-presentation.pdf
