There is a relationship between the speed of a particle and its mass. When a particle moves at the speed of light, it is massless: I.E. the dirac electron. When a photon is slowed below the speed of light, it acquires mass. These heavy electrons must be slowed down.
On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 12:32 PM, CB Sites <cbsit...@gmail.com> wrote: > There is an interesting article at > > > http://www.rdmag.com/news/2016/01/heavy-fermions-get-nuclear-boost-way-superconductivity > > The question it sparks in my mind is, if heavy fermions act as if they > have a large mass electrons, could they behave similar to Muon's and cause > fusion of the host material is deuterated? > > I recall one paper that discussed the effective mass of electrons in metal > potentially altering the electron screening potential. Could large > effective mass of heavy fermions improve the expected fusion rates for > deuterated metals? > > It could be fun to work out. > > >
