And the latest on paired electrons is the recent findings in superconductivity, which I often think of as the legitimate cousin to the bastard stepchild of LENR.
*New Information on Superconductors Found <http://newenergyandfuel.com/http:/newenergyandfuel/com/2014/05/27/new-information-on-superconductors-found/>* May 27, 2014 - "Scientists researching superconductors at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) have discovered a previously unknown phase in a class of superconductors called iron arsenides. ... The theory behind the older, "conventional" superconductors is fairly well understood. Pairs of electrons, which normally repel each other, instead bind together by distorting the atoms around them and help each other travel through the metal. (Whereas in a plain old conductor such as copper or aluminum, these electrons bounce off the atoms, producing heat). In "unconventional" superconductors, the electrons still form pairs, but its not understood what binds them together. ... Neutron powder diffraction reveal(ed) both the locations of the atoms and the directions of their microscopic magnetic moments. .... Magnetic models, on the other hand ... suggest that magnetic interactions are what drive the two-fold symmetry – and that they are the key to the superconductivity itself. Thus, perhaps what binds the pairs of electrons together in iron arsenide superconductors is magnetism. Osborn said, "Orbital theories do not predict a return to four-fold symmetry at this point, but magnetic models do. So far, this effect has only been observed experimentally in these sodium-doped compounds, but we believe it provides evidence for a magnetic explanation of nematic order in the iron arsenides in general." Osborn points out the new information could also affect our understanding of superconductivity in other types of superconductors, such as the copper oxides, where nematic distortions have also been seen. ------------------------------ *Argonne scientists discover new magnetic phase in iron-based superconductors <http://www.anl.gov/articles/argonne-scientists-discover-new-magnetic-phase-iron-based-superconductors>* May 21, 2014 - "Magnetic order also affects the atomic structure. At room temperature, the iron atoms sit on a square lattice, which has four-fold symmetry, but when cooled below the magnetic transition temperature, they distort to form a rectangular lattice, with only two-fold symmetry. This is sometimes called "nematic order." It was thought that this nematic order persists until the material becomes superconducting—until this result. The Argonne team discovered a phase where the material returns to four-fold symmetry, rather than two-fold, close to the onset of superconductivity. " ------------------------------ *Magnetically driven suppression of nematic order in an iron-based superconductor <http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2014/140522/ncomms4845/full/ncomms4845.html>* S. Avci, et alia "A theory of superconductivity in the iron-based materials requires an understanding of the phase diagram of the normal state. In these compounds, superconductivity emerges when stripe spin density wave (SDW) order is suppressed by doping, pressure or atomic disorder. This magnetic order is often pre-empted by nematic order, whose origin is yet to be resolved. One scenario is that nematic order is driven by orbital ordering of the iron 3d electrons that triggers stripe SDW order. Another is that magnetic interactions produce a spin-nematic phase, which then induces orbital order. Here we report the observation by neutron powder diffraction of an additional fourfold-symmetric phase in Ba1−xNaxFe2As2 close to the suppression of SDW order, which is consistent with the predictions of magnetically driven models of nematic order." On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > This idea is somewhat similar to three related threads which were > circulating here a decade ago – all the way back to 2002 actually. > > > > One was Fred Sparber’s triad lepton called “electronium”, and another was > the “heavy electron” of Widom and Larsen or the degenerate electron of > Horace Hefner which was probably the same conception. > > > > The hypothetical lepton triad, electronium (*e-) consisted of two paired > electrons bound to a positron. Any of these particles would be a fine > catalyst for fusion, including hot fusion (like a muon) - if they were able > to be produced on demand. > > > > With electronium, the charge was the same as the electron but the rest > mass was three times higher. In the Andrianov paper, his paired electron > would have twice the charge and would be less stable than electronium, as > would the W&L version- since the positive charged core holds it together. > > > > *From:* Bob Cook > > > > The following link addresses this possibility: > > > > http://pdf.vestnik.susu.ac.ru/mpc/04/10p046_Andrianov.pdf > > > > This idea is presented in an item in the current Infinite Energy Issue of > March/April 2014 by Andrianov. He thinks that the Chelyabinsk Meteor > that exploded last year could have been a natural LENR reaction. The > mechanism for pairing he explains is interesting. The paired electrons > act to draw nuclei together. He seems to think there was gamma radiation > associated with the meteor’s explosion. The pairing sounded like Cooper > pairing. > > > > Any Vortexer have any comments on this theory? > > > > Bob >
