Re: [Vo]:Muon-catalyzed Ignition

2010-02-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
I do not think Duncan takes the Muon-catalyzed Ignition hypothesis seriously. I think he listed it as one source of cold fusion that was originally considered, for completeness. He also mentioned Paneth and Peters (1926), who retracted. - Jed

[Vo]:Muon-catalyzed Ignition

2010-02-14 Thread Jed Rothwell
I finally recalled where I recently heard speculation about muons causing cold fusion. It was Duncan's lecture at ICCF-15. Slide 19: http://iccf15.frascati.enea.it/ICCF15-PRESENTATIONS/S1_O2_Duncan.pdf QUOTE: Muon-catalyzed Ignition? •Muons shower us at the rate of one per cm2per minute, with