Ahh I forgot to ask.., was the earlier posting about the paper you mentioned on magnetars here in Vortex-l or on the LENR forum by the way?
> On 07 Sep 2016, at 18:10, Bob Cook <frobertc...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Revision/addition of recent message to Stephen-- > > Stephen— > > I agree that the data from the magnetars are important. It may be important > in getting to a unified theory linking gravity and EM fields. The absence > of spectra may even identify dark matter—hydrinos for example. Mills’s > theory may see the light of day from magnetars. > > The data, combined with the note from the recent Pam Mosier-Boss etal paper > summarizing the Pd-D work over the years for everybody—including for DOD > presentation for Congress in a couple weeks—regarding super conductivity, is > intriguing to say the least. Alain’s (of Paris) early note about this paper > being important is right on.. > > The large magnetic fields should make it possible to discern spin energy > states associated with various nuclear species. Their > separation—differential energies—in a strong gravitational field may show how > angular momentum associated with spin are linked to mass energy and hence > gravity. It may be that Plank’s quanta of angular momentum (h/2pi) is > noticeably greater at the surface of a magnetar. The study of such stars > with different magnetic/gravitational fields will become the focus of > cosmology soon, if not already the focus as you suggest—a hot topic. > > I continue to speculate that the coupling of spin energy to orbital spin > energy states of electrons in a metal lattice is key to understanding how the > LENR occurs without much normal 2-body high energy physics > radiation—neutrons, gammas etc. > > Bob Cook > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: Bob Cook > Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2016 7:26 AM > To: Stephen Cooke; vortex-l@eskimo.com > Subject: RE: [Vo]:Co59 Beta decay rates on Magnetar surface > > Stephen— > > I agree that the data from the magnetars are important. It may be important > in getting to a unified theory linking gravity and EM fields. The absence > of spectra may even identify dark matter—hydrinos for example. > > Tis data combined with the note from the recent Pam Mosier-Boss paper > summarizing the Pd-D work over the years for everybody—including for DOD > presentation for Congress in a couple > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: Stephen Cooke > Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2016 1:34 AM > To: vortex-l@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: [Vo]:Co59 Beta decay rates on Magnetar surface > > Thank you very much for this link Bob. > > It looks like an interesting paper. > > It looks like the phenomena on the surface of magnetars is a hot topic this > year. > > I wonder if this can be an effective data source for and analogue for > conditions present in LENR? At the very least they should give some insight > about the magnetic nature of physical processes involved in particle decays > and interactions that may be applicable even in lower magnetic fields. > > Perhaps the local magnetic field in a nucleus at fm distances has impacts on > nucleon stability and decay rates either directly or through resonance > phenomena, perhaps at quark level. > > If so it would be interesting to know if there can still be significant > influence say at a few hundred fm if the magnetic moment and available energy > states are high. > > I wonder if their are any other interesting observational indicators on > Magnetars it would be interesting maybe to see if the spectra can reveal the > isotope ratios of elements. I suppose this might be easily possible for > lighter elements and maybe due to the magnetic field from fine structure > characteristics of the spectra. UV and X-Ray spectra could also be > interesting especially if they can reveal something about the excitation > state of the electrons in the atoms and the nucleus excitation states, as > well as more macroscopic X-ray and RF radiation effects due to the plasma > effects. Even though it's very different place and overall conditions than a > LENR device, perhaps there are a lot of LENR physics analogues at macro scale > that are applicable to LENR on micro scale that can be observed there. > > > > On 07 Sep 2016, at 06:33, Bob Cook <frobertc...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Another free document regarding much of the same theory and data regarding >> reactions in high magnetic fields can be found here: >> >> http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1603.01898 >> >> Note the importance of spin energy and the energy released by neutrinos; >> also the significant data regarding reaction parameters for mid-mass nuclei. >> >> This adds to the idea of the large magnetic fields created locally by SPP’s >> on metal surfaces or lattice cavities. >> >> Bob Cook >> >> >> >> Sent from Mail for Windows 10 >> >> From: Stephen Cooke >> Sent: Tuesday, September 6, 2016 8:10 AM >> To: vortex-l@eskimo.com >> Subject: RE: [Vo]:Co59 Beta decay rates on Magnetar surface >> >> Hi Eric >> >> You might be right and if so it will be interesting. Apart from the >> interesting effects on the magnetic and electric fields I suppose those high >> density fluctuations may couple with the soft x-ray radiation through >> coupling with the plasma frequency if the electron density can get >> sufficiently high enough to approach that of degenerate matter. >> >> I wonder if there is a way we could measure those fluctuations externally >> would there be apparent signature in the EMF or something? >> >> Even though this paper is looking at quite extreme conditions with regards >> the magnetic field the fact it affects the decay rates seems to indicate >> something about how that decay works in general. I know similar studies have >> also been performed on the decay of Neutrons in strong magnetic fields but >> these would be free neutrons and so would probably align easier with the >> external field. >> >> Has any one identified what kind of magnetic field strengths we get in side >> a nucleus with in a few fm of a Nucleon? And what its strength would be fort >> her out at a few hundred fm or more? >> >> I do appreciate this question is simplistic as I probably need to consider >> the wave function in detail to understand the process and the implications >> of all the possible spin and angular momentum states etc but I'm not up to >> speed there unfortunately. So this is rather more a conceptual question >> regarding the dipole magnetic field from a particle. >> >> Stephen >> >> From: eric.wal...@gmail.com >> Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2016 07:56:18 -0500 >> Subject: Re: [Vo]:Co59 Beta decay rates on Magnetar surface >> To: vortex-l@eskimo.com >> >> Yes, modification of decay rates is a topic of great interest to me. >> >> This is a theoretical paper, apparently working within the current >> assumptions of physics. In order for most LENR observations to be explained >> by induced decay, I think that one or more of those assumptions will need to >> be revisited somewhat. One example: how high the electron density can get >> for short periods of time in metals under nonequilibrium conditions. >> >> Eric >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 6:53 AM, Stephen Cooke <stephen_coo...@hotmail.com> >> wrote: >> I wonder if the following linked recent paper can be interesting to some >> here especially Axil and Eric? >> >> http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10509-016-2830-0 >> >> It's concerning changes in beta decay rates in the presence of magnetic >> fields on magnetars. >> >> I have so far only read the abstract but I think it could be interesting. >> >> Stephen