If you look at the lower right hand diagram on that page, there are only 4 sates of matter (traditionally): solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. Trying to shoehorn LENR theories into these 4 states so far has proven fruitless, although plasma is a state of matter that I simply do not understand.
Is an arc a plasma? My readings tell me: sometimes. I am confident the final explanation of LENR is going to come from one of these obstinate states of matter (or perhaps 2 of them). Like relativity theory, it will seem obvious, simple, and yet mind-numbingly complex all at the same time. On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 7:20 AM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > *From:* Kevin O'Malley > > > > Currently we only have 5 known states of matter: > > Solid > Liquid > > Gas > > Plasma > > Bose-Einstein Condensate > > It would make sense that something as unfathomable as LENR would occur > as the newest & least understood state of matter….Especially when plasma > might be involved, and the situation occurs in a very special case of > Condensed Matter Nuclear Physics. … Are there other states of matter > being postulated at this point? Some of the Zero Point > Energy/Vaccuum/Aether stuff might apply, but it does not hold weight in > mainstream physics. > > Interesting point for LENR. One problem is that matter can be partly or > wholly in another dimension. In fact there is some evidence that electrons > exist partly in another dimension. If we limit the candidates to macro > reality (no subatomic species like pentaquarks etc.) then here are a few > more. > > Dark matter – which can be the same as ZPE, Aether > > Neutron matter – the stuff of neutron stars > > PS… after starting this list, it occurred to me that Wiki most likely > already has such a list, and indeed it can be found here > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_of_matter > > > > > > >
