I'm thinking that perhaps Liquid H2 (~21 K) or Solid H2 (~13 K) cooled with He4 and a He4 cover gas that can be pressurized might make an interesting experiment.
The numbers I came up with for the momentum of a 1.0 MeV neutrino colliding with an H2 molecule suggest a recoil momentum of 1.0 eV or 11,600 K. This might be a way to pin down neutrino mass and oscillation? Frederick Jones Beene wrote: > > > Fred, > > > Is it possible that at BEC temperatures the nucleons of an > atom exhibit a large neutrino absorption cross-section? > > You are suggesting that the BEC temperature of some isotopic > nucleons might differ and be much higher - and/or be > semi-independent of the whole atom, right? ... and therefore > since the rest mass energy of the neutrino, whatever it > might be (a few tenths of an eV perhaps) has an associated > wavelength in the terahertz spectrum, then.... should those > Condensed nucleons, which have become resonant at that > precise wavelength, come in contact with the very large > neutrino flux, the stage is set. That is, some of that flux > is thermalized at the temperature of the cell itself, so > that the Pd cathode which is a nuclear-BEC becomes resonant > with the thermalized neutrino flux, despite the kinetic > "temperature" of the electrons being much higher. > > I hope that I am not putting words in your mouth? > > Consequently, in a nucleus like Pd-106 or 108 (the most > abundant isotopes) a mechanism for "Cold Fusion" effects > might be dependent on a nucleonic BEC forming at relatively > high temperature, several hundred degree C, but only under > the high "effective pressure" of a fully loaded matrix. > > Both Pd and palladium hydrides are superconductive at low > temperature. Laufer's "Theory of superconductivity in > palladium-noble-metal hydrides" actually preceded P&F by > three years. Also it should be noted that *high internal > effective pressure* has the same entropy reducing properties > as cold temperature. With Pd the loading ratio must get to > near 1:1 before this becomes a factor, such that internal > pressure substitutes for low temperature. Even at high > temperature, this full loading will give entropy properties > similar to a few degree K of effective low temperature, for > the nucleus especially. > > When this parameter is reached, then the Pd nucleus can > absorb extra mass from the very high neutrino flux at a much > higher cross section than normal. This might have the > secondary effect of extending the radius for the nuclear > strong force, or many other strange phenomena (excess heat) > associated with some forms of CF, especially those where > less Helium is seen. > > Ways to test this: > > Compare two LENR cells, one of which has a lesser > concentration of Pd-105 in the cathode composition, which is > the isotope which could strongly interfere with BEC > formation. This would be very expensive, probably, unless > some of this kind of material can be "borrowed" from a > national lab. > > or > > Place one active CF cell in the direct geometric line with > the MINOS neutrino beam being sent from Fermi Lab to a site > in Minnesota, and then compare that with the same type cell > placed elsewhere. It recommended that, given the weather, > that the experimenter wait till spring, unless he likes ice > fishing. > http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=2678 > > Which isn't a bad idea, since many "Grumpy Old Men" (ala > Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon) may be involved in fishing > as a recreational pastime, while they await results from the > ongoing experiment. Hey, the first Grumpy-Old-Man to score > with the neutrino-enhanced work, might get the bonus prize > of scoring with Ann-Margaret (assuming he is still > interested in that kind of score, and Matthau doesn't > destroy his fishing hut out of spite). > > Jones >
