It appears that the “quantum holes” stem from Dirac “Hole Theory”. Take a look at page 180 of this book
“Quantum Chemistry”. If the link doesn’t display the page click on “Relativistic Quantum Chemistry…” (5th link down) on this
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Note the caption under the image. The “Dirac Hamiltonian” wherein the “free electron” crosses the “band gap”. The “vacuum energy” is the greater force, said to be a “Columbic Potential attractive for electrons”. The ‘substantive’ nature of “the vacuum” is posited to exists in the “band gap”. Dirac’s sea of “negative-energy states” (note the plurality of “states” and contrast with Boscovich and Reciprocal Theory “compound motions”). Note also that with Dirac the electrons are “created” from the ‘vacuum potential’ i.e. precipitated/condensed from it to occupy the holes on the fly. But that would appear to break the fundamental law that ‘Energy can neither be created nor destroyed’. But that doesn't discard energy being 'transduced'.
Conjecture: The so called “holes” – “behave like positively-charged particles” - because the negatively charged electron doesn’t just merrily hop across the band gap to thereby producing a ‘flow’ of current. It has to be “attracted” to the “holes” or ”repulsed” from the atom. Therefore, the supposed “holes” are said to ‘behave’ like positive-charged particles.
The principle in the book is the same animated explanation at
Quantum Dots (scroll to “Bulk Semiconductors - A Fixed Range of Energies”). Sort of an ‘inverse’ photoelectric effect.
So that Seasmith’s suspicion of “resonant standing waves” would be commensurate with Junglelord’s “free energy region” i.e. “the vacuum”, “Aether”, a standing “Votage Potential”, “sea of virtual particles” et al. - pick your nomenclature. That option is obviously on the superconductivity table in the "band gap" but what is causing them to need it? An “anomalous” factor mentioned earlier occurs with the “Hall Effect”:
We were motivated by the possibility that the large changes in electrical resistivity in response to magnetic fields in some manganese-based oxides might be due to the trapping of electrons by lattice distortions. It was known from early work on semiconductors that such trapped electrons (polarons) would have characteristic Hall signatures in the
ordinary Hall effect. This was the case. In the course of that work, we found the
anomalous Hall Effect to have characteristics that were not seen before and that we could understand them in the context of quantum mechanical phase effects (Berry's phase). It now appears that this mechanism may underlie the anomalous Hall effect in many cases. –
The Hall Effect
An aspect of "Berry’s phase" will take you full circle back to a Hamiltonian relationship as cited earlier via Dirac Hamiltonian. These work with 'systems' and their 'parts'. One aspect of the Hamiltonian considers the “whole system” of kinetic and potential energy i.e. the Continuity of the system as a whole in relation to is parts . It is the “potential” that is the “vacuum”. Thus Dirac says that ‘there is no vacuum’. The “permittivity of free space” as “potential”, Alpha – the fine structure constant ‘conducted’ to form a local ‘resonant quantum electrostatic-like standing wave’ integral to the whole system and from which parts of the system may draw. Perhaps in relation to the concept of maintaing equilibrium in relation to the concept of “Potential Difference”.
In Aetherometry something along the following occurs: Electrons bound by the speed limit c, ‘catalyze’ the ‘wave frequency’/”wave speed” of that ‘standing wave potential’ resulting in an Aetherometrically expressed “energy sweep” via ‘wave coupling’. This energy is quickly transduced (convert energy from one form to another) into ‘longitudinal acceleration’ (“kinetic energy sweep”) and the ‘absorption’ of that “potential” assumes the ‘electromagnetic structure’ of the electron.
I wonder if there could also be ionization from air molecules to account for the electrons in the conduction band. Not just those leaving “holes” in covalent bonds. So, I would put the experiment in the best vacuum available under super cold conditions and see if the results were close enough to provide more confidence in the Dirac Hole hypothesis.
Nevertheless, in reference to these “holes” they are speaking of ‘conductance’ from the ‘vacuum potential’ without providing the background of Dirac’s “Hole Theory”. That would apparently confirm the inkling we were having Seasmith, as culled by JL's "free energy region" aka "band gap". If anyone has other corrective or complementary information; that would be great.
"Our laws of force tend to be applied in the Newtonian sense in that for every action there is an equal reaction, and yet, in the real world, where many-body gravitational effects or electrodynamic actions prevail, we do not have every action paired with an equal reaction." — Harold Aspden
Sounds fishy, but could the casimir force be involved? After all these holes could exclude any wavelength that are longer (larger?) than the holes. And being that the holes are small (electron size?), this would create a pretty strong negative energy well? Hmmm...And if the hole move...perhaps they could do work. Think about it, while the holes themselves could not "leave" the wire, what would happen to the negative energy well, when the hole reaches the end of the wire? Maybe the "cold electricity" crack pots aren't so crack potty after all. 
No electron flow= no hole flow. Semiconductors are just that, little holes that guide electrons! But if electrons don't flow, as it would seem, then what the heck is going on? What exactly is the transistor switching? Vibration? Maybe the transistor is more like a variable resister. Like a volume control? 
The electron is just the medium for em waves, so the CPU is like a maze of waveguides!? Jeez.
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