In reply to David Roberson's message of Mon, 20 Jan 2014 19:48:41 -0500 (EST): Hi, [snip] >Jeff, > >I would be very surprised if the atom did not radiate energy under the >conditions demonstrated in your second link. A distant observer would see an >E field that is changing direction back and forth at the rotation rate. This >is exactly the behavior expected from a short dipole radiator.
Unless I'm mistaken, the reason for non-radiation is that there is a lower limit to radiation as a phenomenon. It is the nature of the photon itself which imposes the restriction. Photons have certain requirements, and if the moving electron can't meet those requirements, then no photon can be constructed. The result is "trapped" energy, which can't radiate, because the requirements can't be met. Mills uses the Haus condition to explain the trapping, while I use lack of angular momentum to explain it. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
