From: Stephen Cooke
* That nucleons may actually disintegrate is nothing short of
astonishing! Is this what they are actually saying? Did they really observe
such huge amounts of energy?
Yes precisely. This is why it will be more controversial than cold fusion
until replicated. Many observers were left in a state of amazement, but
all of this was in the prior papers. We talked about it here earlier.
Sometimes you just have to hear it directly from a credible person instead
of seeing it in a paper. Ólafsson is a tall, handsome Nordic fellow - not as
charismatic as McKubre, but some of that comes with age. He is very
believable.
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* 900 MeV is close to the rest mass of a neutron (939 MeV) and proton
(938 MeV), Half the mass of the Deutron Nucleus!
Yes it is the entire mass of a nucleon which is being converted into
energy. I should not have rounded this off. Much of that energy will be lost
to neutrinos but there will be gammas.
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* When they 900 MeV is released I see 3 possible meanings for this:
1) Did they imply total disintegration of one of the nucleons to Pions
to Muons to electrons and neutrinos and gamma?
Yes. They see mesons first, then pions, then muons and finally electrons.
They have a detector. I think the skepticism from other Physicists will
focus on the detector. Ideally other detectors should be used as well. I
hope the slides will be published soon as this would require a lone time to
try to explain, otherwise.
2) If so could it be the just the Neutron or Proton or either one that
can disintegrate?
Either one or both together.
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* Which ever the case its astonishing amount of energy to release in
one reaction almost up there with matter antimatter annihilation.
If they can confirm this finding using a neutrino detector that would go a
long way. I walked away from this with the feeling that a new door is
opening in the world of alternative energy. They may not have it completely
right, but this could represent the final hurdle in the process started in
1989 (or earlier).
It is too bad for mainstream physics that most of them have they missed the
boat on this. If Holmlid is accurate, it makes the billions spent on the LHC
and the Higgs closer to self-promoting fraud than to the efficient
advancement of science. Unlike the situation in 1989, it will be much harder
to erect obstacles.
Let us hope that this is not a Pandoras box which is opening.
