The muon is a proven short-lived elementary particle which can have either a negative or positive charge and is approximately 207 times more massive than an electron. The negative muon can substitute for an electron in hydrogen making a very compact but fleeting atom, not unlike the hydrino of R Mills.
Muons can easily be produced by directing a beam of protons at a target of carbon. Some are produced naturally when protons flung out from our sun interact with molecules in the upper atmosphere: carbon is up there in the form of CO2 for instance. In this reaction, particles called pions are first produced, and shortly these decay to muons which have an average lifetime of 2.2 microseconds before they too decay. The negative muon gets the most attention in fusion now, but that could be a function of ignorance � and the positive muon � which is really little more than a positron and two neutrinos, may end up being the relevant item for LENR.
But like other short-lived particles (even the neutron), there is always the chance that muons can be bound to another particle, resulting in a much longer lifetime before decay. Active efforts are underway to find such a particle. Would we have ever noticed it before now, if some �natural� quasi-atom, which captures a muon and has a lifetime of days or weeks exists in the upper atmosphere? What if that hypothetical muon-atom has a water-affinity and is occasionally trapped in moisture and sometime arrives on the surface as a component of rainwater, but then decays without gamma radiation in a relatively short term?
15 years ago, the P&F announcement of CF was said to be premature and influenced, perhaps even hastened by the rumored announcement of a competitor, PhD Stephen Jones of
Next in this chronology comes R. Mills and his hydrino (deuterino). This is a stable form of shrunken hydrogen that we are told is produced in massive amounts in the corona of the sun. For all we know, collapsed hydrogen atoms make up much of the cold dark matter known as WIMPS in the universe. On the universal scale, hydrinos could well be more common than hydrogen, so keep an open mind. Hydrinos, too, should be accelerated from the sun�s corona towards earth, along with protons in a fairly large ratio � perhaps one hydrino per every 10^6 protons, and presumably arrive here in form of a �hydride� - that being a negatively charged monatomic ion, which although charged is said to be very stable. It should be attracted to the highly polarized water molecule, as well as to any positively charged species which it comes into contact with.
Finally, to make a short story long, let's assume that most of the prior investigators in the field of LENR: P&F, Jones, Mills, etc. along with Graneau and others who have documented water anomalies, are not at odds, but instead they all are seeing small slices of the same picture. What would that picture necessarily have to be, if we assume that all these experiments had an overlapping kernel of truth?
Next comes the inevitable speculation (after all, this is vortex). It does not take a huge leap of faith to actually place positive-muons in close proximity to negative hydrino hydrides in the upper atmosphere of earth on a continuous basis, fueled by the sun - nor to assume that any resulting quasi-atom - the combination of the two - would possess affinity to water. The big question is how stable would it be, in terms of its lifetime?
It probably couldn�t be too stable, or we would have noticed it before now, and it would probably be more active for LENR experiments then sooner it was collected. That seems to have been Graneau�s finding, at least � plus a moderately short lifetime might figure into why so many CF cells are duds � the water is 'too pure,' in effect. This particle might even survive distillation, but nevertheless, it would probably not have a long shelf life, considering how much effort has gone into the study of H2O over the last century.
How would it enhance fusion, since unlike the negative-muon, the positive version ostensibly provides no Coulomb shield. Actually, in this scenario, it would not need to since the hydrino can do that on its own - but the Hy may be too volatile � so the positive muon species main benefit will be to nucleate an upper atmospheric hydrino, which otherwise would never get to earth. If the lifetime of the positive muon is not extended considerably, of course, then I have wasted a half-hour of typing, no problemo. If it turns out to be real, let�s give it a name � what about 'HyMu' 'Mudrino' 'Muino' or maybe the 'Promu'- is that �le mot juste� or what?
Since this hypothetical particle would necessarily form at high altitude, we might expect to find more of it in snowfall than rainfall. If anyone has unlimited resources, it would be very interesting to compare two LENR light water experiments, one at sea level using tap water (l�eau municipal) and the other at altitude using recently collected snowfall. Maybe it would be expedient to combine this effort with a trip to that hot-bed of free-energy research, Steamboat Springs, where the local snowfall is known as �champagne snow� and the energy input is Golden brewed, so to speak.
Hey, if you�ve got the money, I�ve got the time�er�all in the interest of science, of course.
Jones
