In the raum and zeit department, let me make one clarification to the formative hypothesis ...
Arguably, the importance of the precise geometry which is known as the Förster radius (2-10 nm) is the most important parameter for a non-conservative Casimir-like effect, if it exists. Why? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B6rster_resonance_energy_transfer Well, its kinda like being at the end of the quarter mile drag strip - compared to spinning ones tires for the first 10 meters. Within any cavity where there are very strong electric fields, and very strong magnetic fields (thousands of equivalent Tesla) all due to close proximity to the near-field of valence electrons along with the radiation power law at this dimension (Planck) with the result that there is (can be) a massive and underappreciated acceleration gradient in the cavity for monatomic hydrogen (deuterium). BUT the very same field, on the opposite side of a smaller cavity, acts as a deceleration gradient which can stifle the acceleration effect before it gets traction, so to speak. Unless that is, there is adequate spacing. It seems counterintuitive but in the confines below the low end of that Förster geometry (< 2nm) there is simply too little space for adequate acceleration even with massive gradients, since the high gradient demands a minimum space to avoid the instant deceleration effect of a tight matrix. Instead of rapid acceleration, you get zitter. That may work to some extent for LENR, or for forcing redundancy (to pycno) - so that, in effect, there can be dual mechanisms at play when you have both small and larger cavities. In the metal matrix of LENR, for instance the available room for acceleration is on the order of angstroms i.e. a tenth of a nanometer or 100 picometers. The active particle is almost the same size, ergo lots of kinetic vibration but nothing even close to acceleration which is adequate to add mass or radiate photons. The Casimir cavity however is twenty (or more) times larger in one dimension and 8000 times larger in volume than the Pd matrix - so that a high gradient for acceleration on one wall - is not immediately cancelled by a high gradient for deceleration. Plus, to give credit where it is due, there can be a contributory pre-acceleration into the cavity itself - which is the famous sphincter effect of Michel Jullian :-) And it should also be noted that much of this can be tied to theories of fracto-fusion which go back a long way, but have been refined by Mitchell Schwartz although I am unsure that anyone has yet tied it all into a compete theory using the Casimir force, FRET, time distortion, UV radiation, pycno-clusters, and/or lightspeed. If all of this is reminiscent of the hohlraum of ICF and it is probably no accident. A hohlraum ("hollow room") is a cavity whose walls are in radiative equilibrium with a source of energy usually applied by laser irradiation. In this case the nanohohlraum is the Casimir Cavity and the radiant energy can be self-generated from the UV emission of hydrogen being of the proper wavelength to resonate within the cavity. 2 nm radiation is very strong on the borderline with soft x-rays and the equivalent of millions of degrees Kelvin. To close out this rambling Memorial Day excursion so far it is all a rationalization that overlooks Fran Roartys time distortion, but time distortion can become a factor as well, perhaps the most relevant factor if there really is an excursion near c. And if any of it is accurate or helpful to the advancement of understanding, I will dedicate it as a Memorial to Gene Mallove, sadly in our memory once again. Finally, to clarify my prior bad (non PC) allusion to another time and place (raum & zeit) this is now the version of lebensraum that may have finally found a proper home... in the nano-world of alternative energy, instead of the macro-world of political madness. Jones
