>From the top of my head, a cloud chamber... On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 3:36 PM, Russ George <[email protected]> wrote:
> What might be a variety of means, low tech to high tech, to detect low > energy muons? > > > > *From:* Jones Beene [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Sunday, February 21, 2016 12:19 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [Vo]:Merging Holmlid and Heffner > > > > The deflation hypothesis of Horace Heffner is still of significant > interest - but seldom discussed. Here is the paper > > http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/DeflationFusion2.pdf > > There is a new twist which is possible to consider on this hypothesis since > it was last updated. (The following suggestion is independent of Horace but > borrows his concept relating to collapse of the wave function of an > electron). That deflated electron in question is now to be identified as > the electron of UDD (Rydberg matter) after irradiation by a laser and SPP > compression. > > In the context of Holmlid, then - it is possible to reconsider the > collapsing wave function as something other than part of a helium fusion > event. The alternative event is simpler and would involving the electron > collapsing into the proton (of a deuteron) which has been triggered by > laser interaction with the electron. The interaction of three particles > in the nucleus (neutron, proton and deflated electron) has the surprising > QCD result of nucleon disintegration (as opposed to fusion). > > The observable outcome, as documented by Holmlid - would be muons, which > are detected when they decay elsewhere than the reactor (as they are > weakly interacting and decay meters away). Far greater initial excess energy > is involved - but it dissipates mostly as neutrinos, so less local energy > is seen in the reactor. > > The details remain to be worked out but we would not expect to see massive > excess-heat locally. Instead we should see a spatial signal which is > evident some distance away from the reactor – which is muon decay into > neutrinos and electrons. This muon decay signature is easily detectable > but prior to Holmlid, no one thought to look for it. > > Jones >
