For those who have had the patience to follow the argument this far, here is a paper that goes into further detail on the general idea:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzKtdce19-wySFBVLXJET3k2TlU There should be a "download" link at the top that will allow it to be downloaded as a PDF. I am particularly happy with the appendix. Eric On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 6:12 PM, Eric Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 3:07 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > I guess there are some exceptions. :) >> > > For exothermic 4He + Pd reactions with 1-3 daughters which also occur in > nature, I get a count of 269 reactions. If one removes the limitation on > unstable daughters, I get a count of 4556 reactions. > > 4He + 102Pd => 26Mg + 80Kr + 8602 keV > 4He + 106Pd => 22Ne + 88Sr + 8464 keV > 4He + 104Pd => 4He + 30Si + 74Ge + 8460 keV > > (Some of the reactions spit a 4He back out.) > > However try this for the reactions that Iwamura reported. >> > > To get from cesium to praseodymium, we have: > > 4He + 133Cs => gamma + 137La + 1495 keV > 4He + 137La => gamma + 141Pr + 1300 keV > > To get from strontium to molybdenum, we have: > > 4He + 88Sr => gamma + 92Zr + 2963 keV > 4He + 92Zr => gamma + 96Mo + 2759 keV > > The case of barium to samarium does appear to be endothermic; e.g., > > 4He + 137Ba => gamma + 141Ce + 139 keV > 4He + 141Ce => gamma + 145Nd + -1579 keV > 4He + 145Nd => gamma + 149Sm + -1872 keV > > Iwamura and the other authors had trouble confirming samarium when they > started with 137Ba, although they thought it was probable. It makes sense > that this chain would have been attenuated due to the endothermic steps. > But if the result was in fact real, it also suggests that the alphas are > travelling with ~ 3-9 MeV of energy. :) > > The actual chains would have been more complex in the case of barium > because some of the intermediate steps are unstable. But a more complete > analysis shows that several paths that diverge will eventually reconverge > on samarium. > > Eric > > >
