Jones Beene wrote on Wed, 04 May 2011 06:54 [snip] Unlike many observers, I see the decay rate of the tritium in the Casimir cavity (from the perspective of the tritium itself) as NOT changing ! [/snip]
Jones, I agree the rate is unchanged from the perspective of the tritium.. BUT I think tritium is in a HIGHER vacuum energy density because the decay is retarded. I think the Reifenschweiler effect tells us the tritium is experiencing a higher vacuum energy density associated with either the External walls of normal Casimir geometry or repulsive Casimir geometry. I am convinced time dilation is accomplished so easily by nano geometry suppression compared to the energy needed for spatial displacement is because the AVERAGE vacuum energy density remains unchanged above the nano scale- The quantum effect of the geometry is able to SEGREGATE the density into opposing reservoirs of different intensity and volume much more easily at and below the nano scale. The difference between these opposing reservoirs creates a permanent negative pressure conduit between them when the opening is sufficiently small such that the suppression keeps the reservoirs from becoming depleted. The outside of a cavity is a shield such that the reduced density inside means the external surface gradient accumulates pressure at an accelerated rate compared to normal matter that is exposed on all sides - or you could look at it as back pressure from the propagating vacuum wavelengths as they translate/up shift into the cavity. IMHO It would maintain a shallow reservoir of increased energy density spread over the entire exterior surface of the cavity. [snip]...but instead some of the beta decay is being ported into a ZPE "sink" instead, so it only appears to us, outside the cavity ,that the decay rate it is slower than it was. - IOW some of the radiation goes into Dirac 'reciprocal space' or a correlate, and we simply do not see it in 3-space, but from the standpoint of the rate itself and the tritium itself - nothing has changed.[/snip] Yes, although with Reifenschweiler effect you are talking about a repulsive Casimir geometry that increases vacuum energy density, this effect is just the same as spatially accelerating the tritium to near C such that it appears to slow from our perspective- when it returns to earth we seem to have aged greatly from it's perspective but it will then start aging at the same rate as us again since it is now in the same inertial frame. This is a mirror to the attractive Casimir phenomenon that lowers energy density inside a cavity. The hydrogen inside a normal Casimir geometry experiences LOWER energy density, deceleration or negative acceleration where it is the universe outside the cavity that appears to be racing away near C and when the hydrogen returns from the cavity it discovers that we, outside the cavity, have not aged while it has experienced years of time and chemical reactions. Regards Fran Jones Beene Wed, 04 May 2011 06:54:39 -0700 If ZPE radiation is being upshifted in a cavity then the Reifenschweiler effect would more likely be an increase in the decay rate, not a decrease. This is because the nucleus would be over-stimulated in the sense of the induced gamma effect, and it would decay faster, not slower. If seems more likely that radiation is being neither upshifted or downshifted, at least in the Reifenschweiler effect. Unlike many observers, I see the decay rate of the tritium in the Casimir cavity (from the perspective of the tritium itself) as NOT changing ! ...but instead some of the beta decay is being ported into a ZPE "sink" instead, so it only appears to us, outside the cavity ,that the decay rate it is slower than it was. IOW some of the radiation goes into Dirac 'reciprocal space' or a correlate, and we simply do not see it in 3-space, but from the standpoint of the rate itself and the tritium itself - nothing has changed. This can explain the Rossi heating effect when you substitute IRH (inverted Rydberg hydrogen) for tritium. More on that later. Jones
