Robin and Eric--
Electron screening is will known to increase fusion and other nuclear
reactions involving electric and magnetic forces. The muon induced fusion
of H is a good example.
However, in addition to electron screening (which merely changes the
electric field near a nucleus) photons passing near a nucleus change the
electric and magnetic fields as well. Energy of the photon involves the
intensity of its oscillating electric and magnetic fields. The changing
fields also modify the net electric or magnetic field near a nucleus and
thus the magnitude of the electric barrier and the probability of tunneling.
Local SPP's may do the same thing on a much longer time scale and
drastically increase the tunneling probability relative to a photon or even
an intense beam of photons occurring as a result of a properly aimed maser,
laser or gaser (gamma laser).
Tuned lasers can be designed to better penetrate the electronic cloud around
nuclei by using non-resonant wave lengths of the laser beam.
SEPARATELY, in response to Eric and Dave's comments of about Kilmov's
experiment on 11/20 regarding "thermalization" of gammas suggested by Axil,
I agree. There is no good mechanism for gamma thermalization and no real
evidence they occur in LENR. If they were to exist in LENR, even in small
quantities, they would be observed by simple instruments.
The is the reason I have thought that the coupling of nuclear mass energy
release to the environment is via small spin energy increases of the
electronic orbital spin states of the structure of a coherent system, a nano
particle of Ni or a grain of Pd, for example. This amounts to an
instantaneous increase of lattice vibrational energy (temperature) and a
change in mass of the nuclear species of the coherent system. The coherent
system is of sufficient size so as to remain a metallic lattice and of
sufficient thermal conductivity to rapidly distribute the high temperature
of the system to the rest of the metal structure beyond the nano (coherent)
system to avoid melting.
Bob Cook
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Sent: Friday, November 27, 2015 11:47 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Vo]: How many atoms to make condensed matter?
In reply to Eric Walker's message of Fri, 27 Nov 2015 21:28:12 -0600:
Hi Eric,
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On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 7:29 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
Note that the Coulomb barrier width is a function of the particle's energy.
Not only do we have a simple theoretical argument that the Coulomb barrier
width can be lessened by electron screening, precisely as one might imagine
it could, somewhat independent of the departing alpha-particle's energy,
there is also evidence that this has been accomplished in practice.
Yes, I know, but the presence of more negative charge close to the nucleus
increases the energy of the positively charged alpha particle because, not
only
is it leaving the positively charged nucleus behind, but it now also has
extra
negatively charged particles ahead of it. In short the "voltage drop"
increases.
Following is one example:
http://www.google.com/patents/US5076971
Eric
Regards,
Robin van Spaandonk
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