"Neutronium" as a Plausible Additional Power Source for Stars During Their Pre-Main Sequence Phase

Abstract

We argue herein that apart from the energy release from gravitational contraction, Pre-Main Sequence (PMS) stars may have an additional power source emanating from highly compressed Hydrogen – this compressed state of the Hydrogen atom we have coined the "Neutronium" state or "Neutronium" atom. In the Hydrogen atom, it is the Electron that orbits the Proton and the Electron releases energy has it cascades from a higher to a lower energy state. As is well known, this energy release is inadequate to power stars, even in their PMS phase. Once the Electron reaches its lowest energy state as it orbits the Proton, according to quantum rules, the Electron can not cascade any further, the logical implication of which is that the mean distance between the Electron and the Proton must not get any smaller than the Bohr radius – a stalemate is reached. Be that it may, hypothetically, it is possible that once this state of affairs between the Proton and Electron is reached, the mean Proton-Electron distance can get smaller if the Proton where to orbit the Electron. In the Coulomb potential of the Electron, from a distance of the Bohr radius, the Proton has 42 energy states and thus can cascade down to the state (n p = 1). As already stated, we have coined this state where the Proton orbits that Electron, the Neutronium state. The energy released by the Neutronium atom as the Proton cascades from the state n p = (42 → 1) is adequate to power PMS stars, thus, in addition to the energy released via gravitational contraction, Neutronium – if it exists; may very well be an additional source of energy for PMS stars.