In the early days Rossi mentioned that heat is largely produced by particles absorbed by the lead shielding, mentioning gamma radiation that he had in mind. How much is known about shielding requirements of muons (or related sub particles)?
On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 8:18 PM, Daniel Rocha <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know about the cross section of muons. But, given the enormous > energy, if those are discharged within some millenniums, it won't be a > problem > > 2015-08-10 15:16 GMT-03:00 Axil Axil <[email protected]>: > >> LENR thermalizes gamma rays into heat, but how far does the safety zone >> of LENR thermalization occur? If Rossi sits outside that zone of LENR >> protection, does his body feel gamma radiation from muon decay? What is the >> cross section for that gamma decay inside Rossi? >> >> On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 2:09 PM, Daniel Rocha <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> 1 mol of muons measaure 0.1g. 10^26 gives around 15g of muons. Their >>> decay in mass gives pretty much only gamma rays in terms of energy. That >>> gives around 300ktons in TNT. Which is about 15 times Hiroshima's nuke. >>> >> >> > > > -- > Daniel Rocha - RJ > [email protected] >
