Re: [Vo]:Slow Neutrons

2011-05-13 Thread mixent
In reply to Abd ul-Rahman Lomax's message of Tue, 10 May 2011 22:39:21 -0400: Hi, [snip] Well, if it were that easy to make neutrons, we'd be making them all the time. What happens when a slow proton meets a slow electron, assuming they are free, is that a hydrogen atom is formed, not a

Re: [Vo]:Slow Neutrons

2011-05-13 Thread Axil Axil
*Bohr orbit. It takes energy -- a lot of energy, apparently, -- to bring an electron and a proton into close proximity*. If the negatively charged particle (muon) is heavy then the barrier to fusion is low. Being so very heavy and long lived, if a H- ion finds a positive particle it will readily

Re: [Vo]:Slow Neutrons

2011-05-13 Thread mixent
In reply to Axil Axil's message of Fri, 13 May 2011 18:56:06 -0400: Hi, [snip] If the negatively charged particle (muon) is heavy then the barrier to fusion is low. Being so very heavy and long lived, if a H- ion finds a positive particle it will readily fusion with it. If that is so, then one

RE: [Vo]:Slow Neutrons

2011-05-11 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 11:05 PM 5/10/2011, Mark Iverson wrote: Abd wrote: Well, if it were that easy to make neutrons, we'd be making them all the time. Perhaps not... Spectroscopy is everywhere and its only specific wavelengths of light that are absorbed/emitted. What if the conditions in the lattice are such

[Vo]:Slow Neutrons

2011-05-10 Thread Wm. Scott Smith
If we are confining protons in the metal lattice where they encounter thermal electrons which move relatively slow, and it these thermal electrons combine with the proton, then voila! Perhaps we then have slow neutrons drifting through the Coulomb Barrier.

RE: [Vo]:Slow Neutrons

2011-05-10 Thread Mark Iverson
the electrons and the protons which enhances the probabilities of the two 'fusing' into a neutron... -Mark -Original Message- From: Abd ul-Rahman Lomax [mailto:a...@lomaxdesign.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 7:39 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com; vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Slow