Jones – Interesting item and related comments.
Additional comments: 1. The wave length of E-M radiation in the solid state is not the same as in a vacuum. 2. The CalPhysics item does not address the energy and angular momentum associated with nuclear entities, atomic entities and photons, nor how the uncertainty principle of Planck applies to the transition of spin angular momentum in integral units of h/2pie in any system. Their discussion carefully avoids spin energy and related angular momentum. There may be no quantum fuzziness associated with spin. angular momentum and related energy. Addressing these questions may provide understanding why LENR does not entail radiation associated with high energy particles and annihilation reactions. Bob Cook From: Jones Beene<mailto:jone...@pacbell.net> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2017 8:11 AM To: Vortex List<mailto:vortex-l@eskimo.com> Subject: Re: [Vo]:ZPE as the superset of Dark Energy A practical detail... assuming that the 1.7 THz phase transition is the peak energy of ZPE photons which can interact in a mechanical conversion system in order to harness dark energy (which is one possible interpretation of the CalPhysics info)... 1.7 terahertz = 176.3 wavelength in micrometers The practical question becomes - is there a way to utilize this dimension as in an LENR experiment, so that part of the gain (or all of the gain) can derive from dark energy? This is obviously a geometry which much larger than nanometer, for instance. But these days, everyone wants to focus on nanometer. That could be a mistake. Obviously, a photon in the Casimir geometry (2-20 nm) corresponds to EUV wavelengths ... and this size discrepancy may explain why the Jovion patent discussed in the reference below does not work. There is no coupling. That patent is premised on what they are calling the "Casimir-Lamb Shift" which indicates that certain electron orbitals in atoms are lower in energy inside a Casimir cavity than outside. Perhaps the widespread emphasis on "nano" has been misplaced and we should be thinking about how to implement reactants in a comparatively huge geometry, which is slightly below the one millimeter scale. However, it could also be the case that one needs both scales in the same experiment. That would be new territory to explore. >From the CalPhysics site... (paraphrased and annotated to make a point) A major discovery in astrophysics in the late 1990s was the finding from supernovae redshift-luminosity observations that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. This led to the concept of dark energy, which has been labeled as a resurrection of Einstein's cosmological constant. The universe now appears to consist of about 70 percent dark energy, 25 percent dark matter and five percent ordinary matter. Zero-point energy can be defined as having the apparent desired property of driving an accelerated expansion, and thus having the requisite properties of dark energy, but to an absurdly greater degree than is required.... but recent work by Christian Beck and Michael Mackey may have resolved the disparity. If their work is accurate, then dark energy is basically nothing other than ZPE or a superset/subset. They propose that a phase transition occurs such that zero-point photons below a frequency of about 1.7 THz are gravitationally active whereas above that they are not. If true, the dark energy problem is solved: dark energy is the low frequency gravitationally active component of zero-point energy. The 1.7 THz phase transition value is an important marker and consistent with measurable QED effects such as the Casimir effect, the Lamb shift, etc. The proposed phase transition value should be testable in the near future. It is in range which comes up in the studies of SPP (surface plasmons). NASA has done recent R&D work using terahertz radiation in a slightly higher THz range on a nickel lattice loaded with hydrogen, in order to induce LENR. Perhaps NASA should have aimed lower and/or perhaps Holmlid will find access to the new THz lasers which are coming out in this exact range (which seems to be favored in terms of efficiency). From: http://www.calphysics.org/zpe.html with comments added
