Piantelli's theory says that H- anions are responsible for the Ni-H LENR reaction. According to his theory, the H- anion, as a composite fermion, enters the Ni atom much as would a muon. Somehow (and Piantelli doesn't say how) the large H- anion must become a compact negatively charged object (like a DDL state) and have a tiny orbital around the Ni nucleus. The resulting proximity of the H- anion to the Ni nucleus causes a nuclear reaction with a number of branches. Piantelli has measured 6 MeV protons exiting the reaction as one of the branches, and various transmutation/isotopic shifts of the large Ni nucleus. Thus, high energy protons come from one of the branches of this reaction.
Note that LiH is an ionic hydride, and the hydrogen in the liquid hydride exists as hydrogen anions, H-. On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 1:02 AM, <mix...@bigpond.com> wrote: > In reply to Jones Beene's message of Tue, 7 Apr 2015 12:24:18 -0700: > Hi, > [snip] > > The Li nucleus becomes excited, but it cannot simply convert directly to > beryllium without an energetic emission to compensate for the kinetic > energy which caused the fusion. > > All p+Li7 reactions that have been measured are caused by bombarding Li > with > fast protons. If I'm not mistaken, it's the energy of the fast proton that > results in the gamma. However in the case of LENR there is no fast proton, > since > the protons are room temperature or a couple of eV at most. The actual > fusion > process being mediated purely by tunneling. So perhaps gamma-less p+Li7 > fusion > is indeed possible? > > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html > >
