To understand why polaritons cause LENR when they are confined within a nano-cavity, a look at some newly developed quantum mechanical models of dipole-photon interactions is helpful.
Basically, when a photon and the electron part of a dipole are confined in a small cavity, they couple strongly together and affect each other as waves when they resonate and overlap. In a nutshell, the nano-cavity keeps these photon/dipole pairs confined in a small space for a long enough timeframe for these two types of waves to reach a resonate condition. That is, these two types of waves rattle around inside the cavity until they eventually overlap into a resonance condition. The smaller the cavity may be, the faster and more powerfully they resonate. The result of this resonance is a new wave call a Polarition. The Rabi model (RM) describes the simplest interaction between quantum light and matter. The model considers a two-level atom coupled to a quantized, single-mode harmonic oscillator (in the case of light, this could be a photon in a cavity). The model applies to a variety of physical systems, including cavity quantum electrodynamics, the interaction between heat and dipoles. RM describes the simplest interaction between light and matter. In its semiclassical form, this model describes the coupling of a two-level system and a classical monochromatic field. The fully quantum model considers the same situation, with the light field quantized. Although this model has had an impressive impact on many fields of physics —in its semiclassical form, it is the basis for understanding nuclear magnetic resonance—many physicists may be surprised to know that the quantum Rabi model has never been solved exactly. I have to mention something I though was really neat in the Nanoplasmonics experimental results. Not only do the photons and dipoles couple very strongly in the lattice, they also couple to the quantum vacuum as evidenced by the appearance of vacuum Rabi splitting in the spectroscopic analysis of the associated EMF photon radiation. Cheers: Axil On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Roarty, Francis X <[email protected] > wrote: > YES! YES! YES! A rose by any other name regardless if you get there via > Casimir geometry or plasmonics but enough energy to disassociate H2 at a > discount less than you reap when it immediately reassociates. That is the > common thread for MAHG, Mills , Rossi and many of the others all the way > back to Langmuir.. I still think the plasmonics are feeding off the > geometry but no matter we are definetly on the same page! I think the > reproduction issue with these anomalies is only because they are self > destructive and have to be throttled way back AND sink the energy away > because even a little runaway will burn up in hotspots if not sunk from the > moment of activation. **** > > [snip] These researchers found, as the main result of their study, that > some of the hot electrons could transfer into the closed shells of the H2 > molecules and cause the two hydrogen atoms to separate, or dissociate. This > process, called "plasmon-induced dissociation of H2 on Au," [/snip]**** > > Fran**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Teslaalset [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Saturday, March 02, 2013 3:27 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:**** > > ** ** > > Axil, **** > > ** ** > > Interesting finding.**** > > Can youreward the associated source Nano letter, please?**** > > ** ** > > Thanks!**** > > Rob Woudenberg**** > > > > Op donderdag 28 februari 2013 schreef Axil Axil ([email protected]) het > volgende:**** > > Hydrogen(H2) molecule dissociation to atomic hydrogen(H1)**** > > > http://phys.org/news/2012-12-hot-electrons-impossible-catalytic-chemistry.html > **** > > Hot electrons do the impossible in catalytic chemistry**** > > Professors Peter Nordlander and Naomi J. Halas of Rice University in > Houston, Texas are at the cutting edge of the nanoplasmonic revolution. > This field of study is where LENR properly belongs.**** > > These researchers found, as the main result of their study, that some of > the hot electrons could transfer into the closed shells of the H2 molecules > and cause the two hydrogen atoms to separate, or dissociate. This process, > called "plasmon-induced dissociation of H2 on Au," **** > > **** > > > The researchers found that, as soon as they turned the laser on, the rate > of HD formation on the nanoparticle surface increased by a factor of 6. > They also measured that the rate was strongly dependent on the > concentration and size of the gold nanoparticles. The researchers explained > that, in a sense, the electrons "do the impossible" because there would be > no dissociation without them.**** > > > Nordlander said. "It is an impossible chemical reaction. The energy for > dissociation is simply too large.**** > > > On other metals, like transition metals, a hydrogen molecule can > dissociate spontaneously, in particular near defects and at elevated > temperatures.**** > > The primary reason why these energetic electrons can dissociate the > hydrogen molecule into atomic hydrogen is that that they are stationary > near the imperfection in the lattice.**** > > Remember what I said about Anderson localization? …it all fits together.** > ** > > > I have the associated source Nano letter if anyone is interested…just ask. > **** > > **** > > **** > > Cheers: axil**** >
