When negative muons catalyze a fusion reaction the muon has a tendency to "stick" to the helium.
Not is the helium is 2He. this type helium decays to protons in 10-22 seconds. On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 7:59 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > When negative muons catalyze a fusion reaction the muon has a tendency to > "stick" to the helium. It is this sticking that is actually the limiting > factor > in the number of fusion reactions that a muon can catalyze. > > By analogy, when a Hydrinohydride catalyzes a neutron transfer reaction, it > would probably stick to the Ni nucleus because Ni has a central charge of > 28 > where Lithium only has 3, and the Hydrinohydride is negatively charged > (much > like the negative muon), furthermore the Hydrinohydride is much heavier and > slower than a muon. However in this case the consequence of the sticking > is that > the newly enriched Ni nucleus is primed and ready to accept another Li, > because > it already has the Hydrinohydride attached to it. > > This tends to ensure that once the process has started it continues all > the way > to Ni62 (irrespective of which isotope it starts with). > > Even if the Hydrinohydride is ejected during the energy release, it will > still > far more likely find a new home with a Ni nucleus than with anything else. > (Assuming that Ni is the heaviest element present). > > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html > >
