From: Bob Higgins * There are many things I find wrong with the theory expounded by this paper and the paper itself is poor.
I agree. It is so poor that it reflects badly on the LENR community that it is being praised. From: Bob Cook * * The Li-7 would pick up a neutron to reach Li-8 which decays to Be-8 by giving up an electron Bob - The cross-section for this reaction is extremely small (few millibarn) – so tiny in fact that Li-7 is proposed to use in the coolant for the proposed liquid metal reactor. In contrast, Lithium 6 has a cross section which is 20,000 time higher, but decays to tritium which is easily detected – if present. It isn’t. In short (at the risk of being repetitive) – neutrons are out … as a valid explanation for LENR and again, with apologies to those who think it is rude to be so blunt – this theory is an embarrassment to the two guys who proposed it since they did not recognize the insurmountable problems. I cannot understand why so many (including Rossi) were exuberant about it without asking the simplest of questions. Does this episode indicate that Rossi has almost no clue as to a workable theory? … we can only hope that his lack of adequate theory will not cast further doubt on his claimed results. You do not have to have a valid theory to get good results… but it does help.
