it is highly preferable to use deuterium, as opposed to hydrogen. I disagree.
Deuterium has a non zero spin whereas hydrogen has a zero spin which is required in low powered LENR reactions. On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > Bob, > I have cherry-picked three major “spin facts” from this compendium which > indicate that if one wants to apply a nano-magnetism or spin-coupling > modality to LENR, it is highly preferable to use deuterium, as opposed to > hydrogen. That may be why Mizuno chose the deuterium-nickel combination. > All > eyes will be shifting to Mizuno in less than three weeks. > > From: Bob Cook > [snip] The deuteron, being an isospin singlet, is antisymmetric under > nucleon exchange due to isospin, and therefore must be symmetric under the > double exchange of their spin and location. Therefore it can be in either > of > the following two different states: Symmetric spin and symmetric under > parity. In this case, the exchange of the two nucleons will multiply the > deuterium wavefunction by (-1) from isospin exchange, (+1) from spin > exchange and (+1) from parity (location exchange), for a total of (-1) as > needed for antisymmetry…. In this case, the exchange of the two nucleons > will multiply the deuterium wavefunction by (-1) from isospin exchange, > (-1) > from spin exchange and (-1) from parity (location exchange), again for a > total of (-1) as needed for antisymmetry. [snip] > > …suggesting that there may be a way to stimulate the D via an electric > quadrupole input signal. Also with a magnetic moment the D must respond > to > a magnetic field and fine tuning of an oscillating magnetic field may very > well excite the D to flip up and down in the field. The composite > particles > of the D should have slightly different magnetic moments that can respond > and create an "excited" state IMHO on a transient short lived time frame. > However in a coherent system such a transient may be enough to cause other > transitions of similar energy states to occur with mass energy being > changed > to angular momentum energy. > > The quadrupole input is a strong clue. > > >
