Mark, Nice choice of citations, I believe Haisch and Rueda got it right but the connection drawn by Nickisch and Mollere (2002): zero-point fluctuations give rise to spacetime micro-curvature effects yielding the origin of inertia could, in fact should have gone further.... I think the wormholes described at the quantum foam level can be responsible for most of the anomalous claims we are discussing on vortex, from superconductivity to modification of decay rates, Casimir effect and unexplained spectrum shifts. What we call isotropic space time is only a macro effect that can actually be segregated to different levels by matter and geometry - not giving anything for nothing but isolating equal and opposing regions of space time that average out to what we consider isotropic - the Nature paper indicates the space-time is modified by the lattice but I would posit the material exposed to these regions must be chosen to have a biased preference for one geometry over another such that the effects of the equal and opposite zones are prevented from cancelling and we get these opposing claims of decay modification from different researches using different lattices or gases.
I posit the lattice equates to the Haisch Rueda abstract ...[snip] in accelerated reference frames results in a force that appears to account for inertia [/snip] but, velocity relative to a perpendicular ether isn't needed - instead the "equivalent" velocity of the ether we perceive as C is directly modified through suppression [taken to extreme Casimir effect] and results in a much simpler way to modify the Pythagorean relationship between V and C .... In a Puthoff atomic model I think this "standard" relationship between matter and C is what establishes the periodic relationship of elements. This is why this paper in Nature needs the lattice to create both heavy and speedy electrons and why Rossi and Mills need the lattice to create relativistic hydrogen [call them hydrinos or inverse Rydberg hydrogen no matter] - It's all about the segregation of these "spacetime micro-curvature effects" mentioned by Nickisch and Mollere. - I think we are at a PV/T moment where time is going to be exposed as the hidden variable to be manipulated only instead of air conditioners this may yield free energy, propulsion and even the possibility of temporal effects at the macroscale. Regards Fran From: MarkI-ZeroPoint [mailto:zeropo...@charter.net] Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 4:47 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: EXTERNAL: [Vo]:FYI: ZPF-inertia work applied to subatomic particles; spatial harmonic resonances When I lived in SoCal I visited Dr. Rueda several times to discuss his work on inertia and the electromagnetic zero-point field... their seminal paper came out in 1994. Dr. Rueda did the math in that paper, which is waaaaay above my pay-grade! I now see that they've been applying their work to atomic physics... Update on an Electromagnetic Basis for Inertia, Gravitation, the Principle of Equivalence, Spin and Particle Mass Ratios http://arxiv.org/pdf/gr-qc/0209016.pdf Abstract A possible connection between the electromagnetic quantum vacuum and inertia was first published by Haisch, Rueda and Puthoff (1994). If correct, this would imply that mass may be an electromagnetic phenomenon and thus in principle subject to modification, with possible technological implications for propulsion. A multiyear NASA-funded study at the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center further developed this concept, resulting in an independent theoretical validation of the fundamental approach (Rueda and Haisch, 1998ab). Distortion of the quantum vacuum in accelerated reference frames results in a force that appears to account for inertia. We have now shown that the same effect occurs in a region of curved spacetime, thus elucidating the origin of the principle of equivalence (Rueda, Haisch and Tung, 2001). [ I separated out the rest of the abstract for emphasis ] A further connection with general relativity has b een drawn by Nickisch and Mollere (2002): zero-point fluctuations give rise to spacetime micro-curvature effects yielding a complementary perspective on the origin of inertia. Numerical simulations of this effect demonstrate the manner in which a massless fundamental particle, e.g. an electron, acquires inertial properties; this also shows the apparent origin of particle spin along lines originally proposed by Schrodinger. Finally, we suggest that the heavier leptons (muon and tau) may be explainable as spatial-harmonic resonances of the (fundamental) electron. They would carry the same overall charge, but with the charge now having spatially lobed structure, each lobe of which would respond to higher frequency components of the electromagnetic quantum vacuum, thereby increasing the inertia and thus manifesting a heavier mass. And in another paper at arXiv, I believe they incorporate a polarizable vacuum: Gravity and the Quantum Vacuum Inertia Hypothesis http://arxiv.org/pdf/gr-qc/0504061.pdf Makes me seriously regret not having the math skills to express my qualitative models quantitatively... G'nite all... -Mark