The plot looks like the Landau distribution for ionizing particles On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 1:28 PM, Bob Higgins <rj.bob.higg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am not sure where the idea of "5-hour self-sustaining event" came from. > I never said it. I only discussed the radiation outburst. Did you read > what I wrote? That was just a web article. There is still more analysis > to come. > > You have no case for the radiation event being small or due to radon > variation. > > > On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 10:57 AM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > >> *From:* Bob Higgins >> >> >> >> Ø >> >> Ø Where is your analysis that this spectrum could have come from a puff >> of radon gas? >> >> >> >> Bob, Santa Cruz CA is a radon hot spot. We are not talking about a “puff” >> we are talking about natural emission of Radon from earth, which is >> variable throughout the day. >> >> >> >> Ø There were longer background measurements that were entirely constant >> in photometric reduction. The indications of radon come primarily from the >> characteristic x-ray peak at 78keV (due to lead and bismuth dust being >> deposited on the scintillator from radon decay) which was quite predictable >> across the entire multiple-day data set. >> >> And also consistent with terrestrial radon emission. I live in this area, >> and I can tell you that many days you can measure a strong signal from the >> exhaust of a natural gas water heater and other days it will be gone. 78 >> keV is a classic radon signature. >> >> >> >> Ø Most of the radon transitions are alpha and beta emissions, not >> gamma, and I don't think there is a chance that the broadband spectrum can >> be explained this way. >> >> >> >> The gamma counts are extraordinarily low. There are trillions of times >> lower than what one would see from a self-sustaining reaction. >> >> >> >> Which brings up the main point WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE OF THE FIVE HOUR >> SELF-SUSTAINING EVENT ????? >> >> >> >> Jones >> > >
