In reply to Axil Axil's message of Thu, 16 Apr 2015 16:33:30 -0400: Hi, [snip] >the proof the the odds are very poor for neutron formation from electron >proton collision is based on the experimentally observed fact that no >neutrons are found anywhere in the LENR process. Even when the reaction is >producing gamma rays, there are no neutrons around. > >Explain this please.
That's easy. The neutrons don't form as independent particles. They only form once the proton has been captured by another nucleus. This solves several problems all at once. 1) The 780 keV is not a problem because the fusion of the proton with the target nucleus releases more than enough energy to do the job. Actually more accurately, the mass of a bound neutron is less than that of a free neutron, so the 780 keV isn't needed to start with. In fact the mass of a bound neutron is even less than that of a Hydrogen atom, so the proton electron pair can "roll down hill" into neutron formation when inside another nucleus. 2) The neutrons are never free, hence no free neutrons are measured. 3) The problem of concurrence is solved if an electron and a proton enter the nucleus as a pair. This could be the case either under Horace's theory or Hydrino capture. 4) Nr. 3 also solves the Coulomb barrier problem. 5) There is ample excess energy available for neutrino anti-neutrino pair formation. (Not much needed anyway). What all this means is that when a proton electron pair enters another nucleus, the new nucleus has a choice. It can either kick the electron out and keep the proton, or it can combine the electron with the proton to form a new neutron. My bet is that it will do whichever results in a nice stable nucleus. One other point that needs to be made is that the anti-neutrino could carry away the energy of the electron capture reaction invisibly. Though one might expect the new nucleus to be left in an excited state at least some of the time, which means that one might expect to see some gammas. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
