I see that this quark mass value in question - comes from Wiki's entry on quarks.
Here is the significant problem with using that value: there is one hypothetical figure for "naked" or "current" quarks- unbound quarks which cannot exist for long on their own, and another very different value for quarks in a nucleus- "constituent quarks" . The difference is substantial. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constituent_quark_mass The problem in using the naked quarks values, or really any value outside a nucleus - is that there is no useful physical reality - and essentially "no one has a clue" since the lifetime is so short. Being precise on this is not a trivial pursuit. There is a fair chance that the statistical deviation in "average proton mass" can account for the energy seen in nickel hydrogen reactions - without the need for fusion, beta decay, low momentum neutrons - or any of the other problems brought on by "lack of gamma radiation." IOW, in the Ni-H reaction, and only in reactions involving hydrogen (deuterium is excluded for other reasons) it can be reasonably asserted that gain can derived from a statistical reduction in "overage" in the average mass of the proton. It does not take much mass reduction, multiplied by lightspeed to provide sufficient energy that is hundreds of time in excess of chemical energy . (which is also dependent of a deviation in average molecular mass of reactants). The leap of faith is that that there is a significant range in proton mass which can be reduced slightly without consequence . by the tenets of quantum chromodynamics (QCD). In a way this is "nuclear" energy, and in a way it is not. The identity of the proton does not change, but its average mass is slightly reduced. I'm now calling this the "P-Power Hypothesis" ("p" is for both pion and proton). The hypothesis is evolving into a useful competitor for the other explanations for gain in Ni-H involving fusion or decay, which should involve gamma radiation; yet in which gammas are not seen. Those hypotheses require two or more miracles to "hold water" so to speak. This name also gives Terry an opportunity to power-up with a p-pun, or if not. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P8mELzqQd0 From: Jones Beene This is off by more than an order of magnitude. Where did the quark mass value come from? From: Axil Axil For example, a proton has a mass of approximately 938 MeV/c2, of which the rest mass of its three valence quarks only contributes about 11 MeV/c2; most of the remainder can be attributed to the gluons' QCBE.
