In reply to Jones Beene's message of Fri, 10 Mar 2006 18:18:55 -0800: Hi, [snip] >Hot fusion? Brian Ahern told me this: > >"I certainly do not believe the thermally based sonofusion claims >because I understand a term called (thermal diffusivity). It is >physically impossible to generate the temperatures that people >calculate [for the necessary time interval] because they neglect >this aspect of heat transfer. The shock wave densification may >have some merit, but thermal solutions are non-sensical." [snip] However deuterino based solutions are not nonsensical. The temperatures involved (1E4 - 1E5 degrees IMO), would make Boltzmann tail production of O++ possible (ideal = 4E5 K). This then could trigger deuterino production and consequent nuclear reactions. Regards,
Robin van Spaandonk http://users.bigpond.net.au/rvanspaa/ Competition provides the motivation, Cooperation provides the means.
