Mark,
Physicists identify new quantum state allowing three -- but
not two -- atoms to stick together
http://phys.org/news/2012-07-strength-physicists-quantum-state-.htmlNot sure it is really 'new' since we have talked about Efimov three-body states before here, and in the important context of "Borromean rings" but it is certainly intriguing in the way it could apply to LENR. Here is a short vid of the simplified "locking" arrangement of interest, but a visualization involving atoms is trickier except that the bosonic state allows superstition, no? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1CDKzJ7d7Y One detail that perhaps did not come up before in the context of f/H in particular, is the applicability of the bosonic state. If Efimov/ Borromean rings require boson statistics in order to form, then this is another point of investigation wrt Ni-H and triplets. One does not have to subscribe to Mills' CQM per se, as there are other versions of dense hydrogen clusters, based on Rydberg energy transitions. Notably - f/H is bosonic (composite atomic boson) while the deuteron is a nuclear boson but monatomic deuterium is NOT an composite atomic boson, since it has non-integer spin. Thus three deuterium atoms could not form this structure but three atoms of hydrogen could presumably do so. This would be important for locking, and the eventual secondary reactions - if we want to find a neutral particle that is compact and reacts that way. It might serve to explain why hydrogen reactions in nickel can be described as more energetic than deuterium reactions; and why the early emphasis on Pd-D may have suffered when using hydrogen as a control. I have no idea now what LENR reactions would be favored by three atoms of f/H operating as a locked triad bosonic isomer. But that lack of speculation for now is mainly because the espresso machine is not fired up yet... ...set you spam filter accordingly J
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