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In article <1992Dec31.232206.20322@asl.dl.nec.com> terry@asl.dl.nec.com writes:

   The "bunching up" is in fact the postulated energy focusing mechanism.  The
   problem is to quantify it specifically and propose a way that it might be
   able to exist in a transition metal lattice.  Look for mechanisms that _end_
   with strong field gradients, but begin with something more gradual.  Otherwise
   your attempt to focus energy will break up prematurely and nothing of any
   great interest will occur.

   I have no idea what such an electron-based energy focusing mechanism would be,
   but it would necessarily show a high degree of symmetry when represented in
   the appropriate space.  It would also have to "zero in" very specifically on
   a single very tiny region of the lattice for the final focusing of energy.
   (Note again the difference from "fracto" approaches, in which high gradients
   occur all over the matrix and no single focus can be identified.)

   > Seems to me that all those electrons in the lattice would want to lock up
   > in some way.

   Not normally.  You've got the metallic equivalent of an electron gas, and
   unless disciplined in some curious fashion it will behave like most gases --
   chaotically.


I have been boning-up on the stochastic acceleration literature that I
posted a reference to in this group as a possible acceleration
mechanism for light-emitting cavitation. (I was not thinking directly
in terms of solid-state fusion at the time.) However, in my digging
around, I discovered that there was an acceleration mechanism
postulated by Fermi which entailed accelerations via random fields.
(Fermi was seeking a mechanism for cosmic rays.) Ulam made a
simplified model of this. It consisted of a particle moving between
two walls -- one of which is periodically vibrating. Hmm, lets see --
Fermi (electron) gas, lattice vibrations (phonons), periodic
potentials (crystal lattice) anyone?

Just some solid state thoughts,
Albert Boulanger
aboulanger@bbn.com