Jones, There too many theories to be partisan. They all may be wrong.
First - E-C cannot occur in hydrogen. Probably true, but plasma is not hydrogen. Plasma e-p wave functions are not stationary. Second - I agree - relativistic collisions can be ruled out. That's why I conjectured direct conversion of potential energy might occur. Third - E-C occurs in heavy atoms. Yes. That does not prove it cannot happen with different dynamics in other circumstances. W-L cite examples of anomalous neutron production that MAY be explained by E-C. I am not sure. The March 22 Celani-Srivastava presentation at CERN probably will cover this - and W-L theory makes testable predictions. Fourth - Why is neutrino capture is required? Jones Beene wrote on Tue, 21 Feb 2012: > Lou, > >> On your first point - > >> "Electron Capture" events [energy+p+e --> n+v] occur in the nucleus > and respect conservation laws. Are we sure they cannot also occur in > extremely energetic complex plasmons? > > EC cannot occur with hydrogen, period. > > Never, Nada, No way. Not in QM, not in classical, not in plasmons. Even in > a > relativistic beam line, where the require energy near an MeV is available, > that reaction is NOT a variety of EC. > > EC is not even a good analogy, since it occurs in unstable heavier nuclei > (a > beta emitter) with excess neutrons - and hydrogen (protium) has no neutron > at all. Excess neutrons are the sine qua non for EC. There is no EC > candidate in the nickel reactant at any rate. > > Most importantly the neutrino in EC is emitted, not captured â¼ > > It needs to be captured for W-L theory to work properly. One cannot > conflate > two fundamentally different phenomena like this and then reverse the > reaction vectors to prove a point. That is why I called the theory "brain > dead" wrt nickel-hydrogen, which it is. > > Jones > > >
