Yep I also suspect that the time constant of the adaptation of the electron field is faster at the moderate speeds, but for the experiments where Gamov factors rules I suspect that the electron field cannot adapt. Anyway again theoreticians misses the elephant in the room. Physics is physics, not a mathematical play ground with fancy pancy math. If you find an interesting formula, don't rest, explain the physical consequences. Anyway how to interpret the electron as a ball going around or really a field is not yet proved even to date. If you look at Mills theory, the electron is a spherical electron charge, so If he is right, and nobody has debunked that representation, then the field representation is more correct and is what I maintain is the physics, not a ball going around in circles.
/Cheers On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 4:50 AM, Eric Walker <eric.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 7:44 AM, Stefan Israelsson Tampe < > stefan.ita...@gmail.com> wrote: > > My thought is the following, if the proton hit the hydrogen atom fast >> enough the electron field does not adapt fast enough and I would assume >> that the picture is like a bullet penetrating a shield. Here the gamov >> factors explain the reaction rate. >> > > I suspect in the present context that it would be hard to accelerate a > proton to a velocity of the same order of magnitude as that of the > electrons buzzing around. If my understanding is correct, they see > something as massive as a proton lumbering along, barely moving, as the > bound electrons race around their nuclei many times. > > Eric > >
