In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:41:19 -0800: Hi, [snip] >This roughly 0.8 MeV energy comes from the kinetic energy of the >electron, which is the same high value it had in the very small >deflated state
The kinetic energy of the electron in the deflated state comes from the potential energy it had relative to the proton in the non-deflated state. Since the total mass energy of a Hydrogen atom is short of the energy required to form a neutron by 800 keV, that is still so in the deflated state. IOW the kinetic energy of the electron is 800 keV less than would be needed to form a neutron. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
