Re: [Vo]:CF in Physics Today

[Abd ul-Rahman Lomax]

At 05:04 PM 2/5/2010, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote:
At 05:12 PM 2/5/2010, mix...@bigpond.com wrote:
In reply to  mix...@bigpond.com's message of Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:00:36 +1100:
Hi,
[snip]

According to http://www.cosmicrays.org/ the muon flux at the surface is about
200 / m^2 / sec. Assuming each muon catalyzes 120 fusion reactions, and each
such reaction produces 23.8 MeV, we get a "power" output of 9E-12 W / cm^2.
IOW to create an output of 1 Watt, the collector would have to have 
an area of ~
11 sq. km. (nano powder surface area does not help in this case. It has to
actually extend over 11 sq. km of Earth's surface.)

In short the notion is ludicrous.

Based on the assumption that each muon catalyzes 120 reactions. What 
if it catalyzes many, many more?

However, to me, the crucial argument is the branching ratio. It's 
possible that muon catalysis is involved in some way, maybe but it 
can't be the primary reaction, not ongoing, or the branching ratio 
would be like MCF.