Eric etal.--
It is not to hard to imagine 2 D's or 2 H's inside a face centered cubic metal
matrix reacting at the same time with Ni or Pd nuclei of the same cell they
share. Magnetic fields will increase the chances of interactions by reducing
the allowable positions the D or H can occupy. An oscillating field may make
the interaction more or less likely, thereby controlling the rate. Exciting
the resonant spin states may induce the reaction by changing the effective size
of the wave functions of the various nuclei present. Exciting both Ni and H
spins with their respective magnetic resonances may also change reactions
rates.
Despite some comments on this blog in the past regarding the lack of the
potential for nuclei with net spin reacting, the handle of net spin in a
varying magnetic field may be important to inducing spin coupled reactions
within the same coherent system, described by a wave function none of us can
calculate.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Walker
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62
On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 8:49 PM, <mix...@bigpond.com> wrote:
Bottom line: As far as nuclear reactions are concerned, I would expect D to
produce mostly 4He, and H to produce mostly transmutation reactions.
Yes -- I have no reason to disagree with this. I was addressing specifically
the multiples of 2 D and 3 D that some believe have been identified in
transmutations (i.e., Z=+4, Z=+6, Z=+8, but not Z=+2.).
One thing that could be happening is that the when there is a capture of a
single deuteron (assuming this is what is going on), the daughter is
short-lived in the case of the specific isotopes under investigation, and
either another capture will bring the nuclide up to a delta of Z=+4, or else
the daughter will decay into something else. The reason I do not like
simultaneous capture of 2 or 3 D at a single instant in time is that it seems
to me much less likely. I still think Ed's reasoning is doubtful and that
simultaneous capture is not the first thing I would assume.
Eric
