Re: [Vo]:Star Flashers

2007-05-26 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to thomas malloy's message of Fri, 25 May 2007 01:34:04 -0500: Hi, [snip] Robin van Spaandonk wrote: In reply to Jones Beene's message of Thu, 24 May 2007 09:58:18 -0700: There may be a simpler explanation:- O16 + D - F18 + 7.5 MeV F18 decays to O18. This would require

Re: [Vo]:Star Flashers

2007-05-25 Thread thomas malloy
Robin van Spaandonk wrote: In reply to Jones Beene's message of Thu, 24 May 2007 09:58:18 -0700: There may be a simpler explanation:- O16 + D - F18 + 7.5 MeV F18 decays to O18. This would require circumstances which favor the rapid formation of D. (Rapid compression of lots of Hy?).

[Vo]:Star Flashers

2007-05-24 Thread Jones Beene
No ... its not another Paris Hilton undressing this time. But sometimes there is a hidden message in real stars ... waiting there for us mortals to try to discern. As stars age and convert the bulk of their hydrogen into helium - a Helium flash is poised to occur - this is the sudden

Re: [Vo]:Star Flashers

2007-05-24 Thread R.C.Macaulay
Jones wrote, Turns out, the C60 Fullerene can encapsulate a helium molecule - which unfortunately is the same a helium atom, so it is not confined and can easily escape the carbon cage - at STP. However, at very low temperature, strange things begin to happen with helium as it approaches the

Re: [Vo]:Star Flashers

2007-05-24 Thread Jones Beene
R.C.Macaulay wrote: some of your posts get sent on to a few students I mentor at Texas AM. Whiz kids with sponge minds. In that case, perhaps I should be more precise, or add a few more disclaimers along the way. It is easy to assume too much or too little background for some of this

Re: [Vo]:Star Flashers

2007-05-24 Thread R.C.Macaulay
Jones wrote, If one were to rely too heavily on 'earthbound' plasma physics, as presented at the University level - and not have been exposed to the past 18 years of 'fringe' physics (pathological science) which is found in LENR, then some of what I have glossed over (in the interest of shorter

Re: [Vo]:Star Flashers

2007-05-24 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Thu, 24 May 2007 09:58:18 -0700: Hi, [snip] Then there is the problem of 'rithmatic. Adding alphas to carbon to get to 18O seems to be utterly impossible without three body reactions and free neutrons. Yet -- a quick look at the transmutation products,

Re: [Vo]:Star Flashers

2007-05-24 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene wrote: No ... its not another Paris Hilton undressing this time. Rats! - Jed