On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 6:59 AM, David Roberson <dlrober...@aol.com> wrote:
The other option that looks promising is for an entangled effect involving > many protons. These couplings are instantaneous according to what I have > seen, in which case the exact distance to a brother is not quite as > important. Now that I've argued myself into a faster-than-light electrostatic influence of nearby nuclei (I'm hoping Robin will show me my error if I'm wrong), it seems like there are at least two questions to be addressed in connection with distributing the electrostatic impulse across multiple nuclei, in contrast to requiring that it be limited to a single nucleus that is very close at hand: 1. Can a quantum of mass-energy be dumped instantaneously into multiple recipients, or must it be restricted to a single recipient (e.g., a single proton in a nearby nucleus)? 2. Does the influence of nearby nuclei reach far enough to influence a reaction underway, or does some kind of inverse square law effectively limit the influence of the electrostatic force to a single nucleus that is very close by? Being new to nuclear physics, I can ask these questions without feeling embarrassed or self-conscious. Perhaps you are arguing for an electrostatic analog of the Mossbauer affect? Eric
