On Sat, Apr 23, 2022 at 11:26 AM Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> HLV wrote: > > A simple argument that small hydrogen may exist > > Physics Letters B Volume 794, 10 July 2019, Pages 130-134 > > https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269319303624 > > > Thanks for posting this. One curious observation is that there are a few > other atoms besides hydrogen which may 'densify' : Presumably the dense > version would provide anomalous heat. > > Quote "Our calculation also shows that other fully ionized “small-*Z* > atoms” can form small-radius atoms... This would create atoms, where one > electron is trapped on a small radius, effectively shielding one proton > charge of the nucleus,.." > > Comment/question: Doesn't this finding open up the possibility for > extracting anomalous heat from Helium? > > There could be secondary advantages to using Helium over H - due to > inertness leading to ability to reuse the gas over and over ... > > Is there any indication of a catalyst for forming dense helium ?? > I don't know, but I have begun to wonder if frigorific radiation could play a role in forming such atoms. Also, for atoms below the ground state, I propose the term depressed atom. This would compliment the term excited atom for atoms above the ground state. Harry