For those who suspect that the Holmlid effect and the Mills effect are related, no matter what the proponents of each may think, here is a further thought from the fringe . about one of the possible implications. Holmlid has suggested that a very high flux of muons can be produced by a subwatt laser beam.
Mills uses an electric arc and will probably offer a real demo of the SuncellR at some point. No one doubts that it works but an extended demo will be needed. therefore, even if everything seen thus far is little more than PR fluff, we could have a worrisome situation in response to a much longer demo. Since Mills is applying higher net power to reactants (even if Holmlid's laser provides more localized power) there is a chance that some portion of the energy produced escapes the sun-cell as muons. If Holmlid gets millions of muons per watt of coherent light, what will be the corresponding rate be from an electric arc? If anything like this scenario turns out to be the accurate, then any muons produced will decay at a predictable distance away from the reactor, thus they could have been missed by BrLP in testing thus far. The muon is an unstable fermion with a lifetime of 2.2 microseconds, which is an eternity compared to most beta decays. Ignoring time dilation, this would mean that muons, travelling at light speed, would be dispersing and decaying in an imaginary sphere about 600 meters from the reactor. Thus, the effect of radioactive decay could be significant at unexpected distance- and Mills may never had imagined that this is a problem. Fortunately, humans are exposed to a constant flux of muons due to cosmic rays, and the flux is well-tolerated. Nevertheless, this detail is worth noting - and should Mills or his associates start to feel a bit ill from the exposure - possibly an unseasonal sun tan, then we can identify a culprit. The effects could be felt more in a remote office - than in the lab . which is curious.
