Muon detection is far harder than the simple "$100 muon" detector suggests. Sure, it detects muons + + + protons, high energy beta, gamma - it has no specificity for muons. Detection of muons with any credibility requires far more apparatus. "not quite as simple" is a far, far understatement.
Secondly, muon catalyzed fusion is really only known to work in a catalytic manner for hydrogen isotopes - and - MCF produces copious neutrons just like hot fusion. It would not be a desirable outcome if muons were being produced during LENR. In fact, some of those working with deuterium gas would probably be dead if muons were responsible for the reactions that produced watts of excess heat. This is precisely the dead graduate student dis-proof that muons are involved. On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 2:27 PM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > *From:* Axil Axil > > Ø I have been trying to get any replicator or cold fusion > experiments to test for muon during the last six months. I have > concentrated this best effort of persuasion on MFMP, but they are highly > resistant to the idea. I do not understand why. > > Possibly in the past, it was cost. But recently, the $100 muon detector > story has gotten a lot of traction. > > > *http://hackaday.com/2016/10/15/dirt-cheap-muon-detector-puts-particle-physics-within-diy-reach/* > <http://hackaday.com/2016/10/15/dirt-cheap-muon-detector-puts-particle-physics-within-diy-reach/> > > Unfortunately, it is not quite as simple as shelling out a hundred bucks, > but surely this lowers the bar and will open up the opportunities for > detection. >
