If the 24 Mev D + D ---> He-4 reaction occurred over minutes (or even hours) rather than
the fast/brute force fusion reactions D + D ---> He-3 + n or D + D ---> T + Proton, wouldn't
this still show up as a gradual heat rise in CF experiments?
This could still allow some generation of (*e-) from pair production and satisfy
conservation of momentum requirements.
This isn't far afield from "delayed neutrons" :
Or Isomer Transition/Internal Conversion effects:
http://www.phy.anl.gov/div/ar02/pdf/I.Heavy-IonSec.F.pdf
More questions than answers.
Frederick
