[out of left field] Perhaps the nuclear frequency of the surrounding Ni atoms provides a "coherence field" that stimulates the condensation, analogous to the operation of a laser, where emission of light quanta is stimulated by existing quanta of the same frequency? (In this case the stimulation would be by "matter waves"). It's almost as though the existing Ni nuclei are teaching the cluster atoms how to become Ni nuclei. ;)
[return to normal programming] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk The Robin van Spaandonk conjecture I think there is something profound in this idea. Let me explain. “It's almost as though the existing Ni nuclei are teaching the cluster atoms how to become Ni nuclei” The lack of gamma radiation indicates to me that there is a connection between the Nickel atoms and the Rydberg aggregates. More precisely, I think that the Rydberg aggregates are teaching the Ni atoms how to become coherent. The sometime on and sometime off nature of gamma radiation indicates to me that there is a connection between the Nickel atoms and the Rydberg aggregates involving coherence. More precisely, I think that the Rydberg aggregates are teaching the Ni atoms how to become coherent. When the nickel is coherent, no gamma radiation is detected since all gamma radiation is converted to heat quantum mechanically. When the nickel is not coherent, no gamma radiation is performed and all such radiation escapes conversion to heat and enters the environment. *Some background first* In physics, *Feshbach resonance*, named after Herman Feshbach, is a resonance of a many-body system in which a bound state is achieved if the coupling(s) between an internal degree(s) of freedom and the reaction coordinates which lead to dissociation vanish. The opposite situation, when a bound state is not formed, is a shape resonance. Feshbach resonances have become important in the study of fermi gases, as these resonances allow for the creation of Bose–Einstein condensates(BECs). In the context of a BEC, the Feshbach resonance occurs when the energy of a bound state of an interatomic potential is equal to the kinetic energy of a colliding pair of atoms, which have hyperfine structure coupled via Coulomb or exchange interactions. This condition is rare in our local conditions, but can be satisfied in Rydberg agragates. *The Details* Giving a period of settling time, there may develop a phonon/particle coupling (Feshbach resonances) between the Rydberg aggregates and the nickel atoms where the nickel atoms gain coherence from the Rydberg aggregates. When the Rydberg matter enters the lattice defects, the transfer of kinetic energy between the lattice and the Rydberg aggregates is the way this synchronization in coherence is accomplished. Via phonon/electron and interatomic potential interaction, Rydberg aggregates absorbs some kinetic energy from the lattice, but at the same time put a drag on the lattice which tunes the atomic configurations of the neighboring nickel atoms to converge into a shared coherence with the Rydberg aggregates. In effect the nickel and the Rydberg hydrogen aggregate approach the same quantum mechanical temperature. How this occurs between electrons and phonons is explained in a resent paper explaining the polaron concept as follows: http://quantumtheory.physik.unibas.ch/stojanovic/PolaronSaoCarlos.pdf Polarons has been experimentally shown to form using Rydberg matter and ions as well as electrons. Also interesting is that Polarons form in metal oxides. Rydberg matter may form their own holes in the nickel lattice as described in the above document. Another newly released document of interest explains how Rydberg aggregates share excitation (interatomic potential and kinetic energy) among their constituent atoms to achieve and maintain coherence. This is the mechanism that selectively transfers quantized kinetic energy from the nickel lattice to the Rydberg aggregates. Adiabatic entanglement transport in Rydberg aggregates http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1104/1104.2416v1.pdf
