W-L LENR theory claims ultra-low momentum neutrons (ULMNs) are created - quite surprising if due to high kinetic energy e-p collisions.
Overcoming the electroweak effective potential barrier that repels an electron from a proton (= udu 'quark bag') requires 780 KeV. Can slow (non-relativistic) electrons climb the barrier by borrowing just enough potential magnetic (but no kinetic) energy - leaving ULMNs? As shown in [1], in nanowires. almost no conduction electron energy is kinetic. Almost all is likely stored in virtual exchange photons. On metal hydride nano-particle surfaces, plasma electrons and protons can oscillate in parallel and opposite directions . -- When velocity = 0, coulomb force brings some e-p pairs together -- as velocity increases, magnetic ampere force pinches e-p pairs closer Semiclassically, this increasing ampere force is equivalent to a rising linear potential in a time-varying Schroedinger equation - Graphically: ------------------------------------------------------------------- PLASMONIC OScILLATION: TRANSFERING 'MAGNETIC ENERGY' MIN PLASMON AMPLITUDE ----------------> AMPLITUDE INCREASES MIN AMPERE FORCE ----------------> AMPERE FORCE RISES MIN LINEAR POTENTIAL ----------------> LINEAR POTENTIAL RISES ^ ^ ^ ^ . . . . \ . \ . \ . \. \ . \ . \ . \ e \ . +-+ +-- \ . +-+ +- \ . +-+ +- |:+- \ . | | | ^ \ . | | | \.e| | | |:| \ . | | | | \ . | | | \_| | | |:| \ . | | | | \ | | | | | |V| \ | | |780 \ e| | | | | | | \ | |u|KeV \_| |u| |u| |u| \ | |d| | |d| |d| |d| --> ULMN (ddu) \ e| |u| | |u| |u| |u| + neutrino \_| |_| V |_| |_| |_| ------------------------------------------------------------------- An electron arriving at a potential wall is pushed forward by the magnetic coupling to millions of conduction electrons and back-reacts by borrowing some of their collective momentum (Newton's 3rd Law). Ref[2] shows that electrons in nanowires can acquire enormous inertial mass from this coupling - distinct, I believe, from relavistic mass - which may make the surface plasma appear as an extremely viscous fluid to gamma rays, and could trap most high-energy gammas. [1]"How Much of Magnetic Energy is Kinetic Energy?" - Kirk T. McDonald http://puhep1.princeton.edu/~mcdonald/examples/kinetic.pdf [2]"Extremely Low Frequency Plasmons in Metallic Microstructures" http://www.cmth.ph.ic.ac.uk/photonics/Newphotonics/pdf/lfplslet.pdf Comments/corrections very welcome, Lou Pagnucco