[Prev][Next][Index][Thread]
Re: Explanation of the positive E.S. charge
At 11:15 PM 1/31/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Subscriber: lod-at-pacbell-dot-net Fri Jan 31 23:06:54 1997
>Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 06:21:57 -0800
>From: lod-at-pacbell-dot-net
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: Explanation of the positive E.S. charge
>
>Richard Hull wrote:
>
>> I would imagine with electron emission, this might be reduced a bit so that
>> what we might be seeing is Rydberg atoms. I have always left this
>> possibility open. Rydberg atoms are bipolar!! The outer electron orbital
>> in a Rydberg can cause the atom to be a 100s of microns in diameter,
>> orbiting over an area 10s of millions of times larger than the normal
>> quantum number n=1. Rydbergs can easily attain n=100 or more.
>
>
>What is a Rydberg atom?
>
>-GL
>
>Greg,
The Rydberg atom is any normal atom which has been delicately excited so
that only its outer electron orbital has been pushed out to extreme range.
Some Rydbergs are 1/100 of a milimeter in diameter! Lifetimes are very long
compared to true "lost electron" ions (10^4 to 10^6th times longer). A
Rydberg atom is always bipolar in nature. The nucleus and all remaining
orbitals are positive while the distant orbiting electron is negative.
Rydbergs are very delicate and respond to the slightest electrostatic field
and are grossly mishaped by magnetic fields.
A superb article with a lot of detail is found in the 1981, May issue of
Scientific American. The Tesla coil is far to active to produce Rydbergs at
close range but with the positive ion genration, the recapture of electrons
at small ranges (deionization) while still in high field areas might give
rise to some production of rydbergs.
I was in errror in my original post with the 200 mev field statement it was
200kv/meter fields|! A much kinder and gentler field. It seems rydbergs are
a very delicate structure and are best produced by precise pulsing of energy
into atoms just shy of the normal required ionization energy needed to shear
off an outer electron. Alkali metals are ideal canidates for rydberg
generation.
These could just be another form of conductor atom or charge carrier ion in
the multi-active, multi-energy leveled area about an operating Tesla coil.
Richard Hull, TCBOR