In particle physics, mesons are hadronic subatomic particles composed of one quark and one antiquark, bound together by the strong interaction. Because mesons are composed of sub-particles, they have a physical size, with a radius roughly one femtometre, which is about 2⁄3 the size of a proton or neutron. All mesons are unstable, with the longest-lived lasting for only a few hundredths of a microsecond. Charged mesons decay (sometimes through intermediate particles) to form electrons and neutrinos. Uncharged mesons may decay to photons.
Mesons are not produced by radioactive decay, but appear in nature only as short-lived products of very high-energy interactions in matter, between particles made of quarks. The reference in this thread states that Mesons are produced by high magnetic fields out of the vacuum. This reference reveals a possible nuclear interaction where the nucleus is destabilized by a strong magnetic field. In nature, the importance of lighter mesons is that they are the associated quantum-field particles that transmit the nuclear force, in the same way that photons are the particles that transmit the electromagnetic force. In LENR, this means that strong magnetic fields can affect the strong nuclear force through meson production. On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 2:19 AM, Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: > http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1108/1108.2203.pdf > > > Vacuum as a hyperbolic metamaterial > Magnetic Fields Turn the Vacuum into a Superconducting Superlens, Says > Physicist... > > It is both interesting and central in LENR to understand what is going on > inside the nuclear active environment (NAE). > > Another piece of the puzzle in the quest for this understanding is the > determination by Dr. G, Miley that the NAE is superconducting. So can this > unusual state come to be? > > > To begin, the vacuum as the ultimate nothingness is an idea that quantum > physicists have long proved wrong. Instead, they’ve shown that the vacuum > is filled with virtual quantum particles leaping in and out of existence in > a maelstrom of quantum activity. > > Sometimes, these virtual particles can become real. For example, a > powerful electric field can generate electron-positron pairs in a vacuum. > And there are other ways of making something out of this nothingness. > > A few years back, the Russian physicist Maxim Chernodub showed how a > powerful magnetic field can generate electrically charged ρ mesons that > behave like a superconductor along the axis of the magnetic field. And > today, Igor Smolyaninov, at the University of Maryland, takes this idea a > step further. > > Those who follow nanotechnology will know Smolyaninov as one of the > world’s leading thinkers about metamaterials, the strange artificial > substances that can manipulate light in exotic ways. In recent years, he > has shown how to use metamaterials to make everything from black holes to > quantum foam. > > Now Smolyaninov has turned his attention to the superconducting behaviour > of the charged ρ mesons generated in a vacuum by a magnetic field. He > points out that this superconducting state behaves exactly like a > metamaterial, focusing light in exotic ways. > > If this magnetic field varies in space in the right kind of way, it’s > quite possible for this superconducting state to focus light like a > superlens. Equally it could also trap light like a black hole. > > The more light that falls into these EMF black holes, the more squeezed > the light becomes. A positive feedback loop begins to operate where more > magnetic fields means more light confinement and more light confinement > means more magnetic field strength. > > The observation of pair production from the disintegration of the vacuum > and appearance of superconductivity in the NAE puts a value on the minimum > power level that the magnetic field inside the NAE is exceeding: that value > is 10^16 tesla minimum. > > > >
