Quantum Foam confirmed experimentally!

[Larry T.]

I wanted to share an interesting observation regarding how quantum foam affects the energy levels of electrons in atoms. This phenomenon can explain the deviation of electron configurations from predicted models in atoms where energy levels are very close, such as Lanthanum.

For more detail on this, please see the video at the 3:45 mark:  

https://youtu.be/VXdbffgTMVs?si=EWkKZ8GlA05X3Rpr

Best Regards,

V. "Larry" Tsimmerman.

[ERIC SCERRI]

Thanks Larry but HOW does it explain anything about La ?

Eric Scerri

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[Larry T.]

Eric,

I speculate that the differentiating electron in La cannot lower its energy sufficiently to occupy the f-orbital because of the resistance from the extra energy possessed by the quantum foam (vacuum energy). Because of that excess energy it ends up in the d-orbital with slightly higher energy.

This is just a hypothesis, not a theory.

Best Regards,

V.Larry 

[Rene]

Hi Larry

Thanks for sharing this.

I was wondering what role you see, in many-electron atoms, for such things as electron–electron interactions, shielding and penetration, correlation, and relativistic effects.

I ask because in La the 5d and 4f levels are close, and their ordering, as I understand it, is usually determined chiefly by the balance of such factors.

Even if quantum foam belongs to a higher-energy regime, that doesn’t necessarily mean it makes a large contribution to atomic level ordering.

Indeed, NASA says that some quantum-foam models would blur light from distant quasars, but no such degradation has been seen, so the observable consequences of those models must be extremely small or absent at accessible scales.

On that basis, I’d be inclined to suppose that La’s 5d/4f ordering is still governed chiefly by the usual many-electron and relativistic atomic-structure factors.

best regards, René

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