Good point Jones. Perhaps put the D2 lecture bottle where the muons are being produced and see if you get neutrons and gamma that are the signature of the D-D MCF.
On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > typo. this should read: any increase in neutrons due to a muon flux would > be easy to measure ... > >> >> Bob Higgins wrote: >> >>> You would be better off just bringing the muon source nearby a high >>> pressure lecture bottle of D2 gas. Forget the fusor. You could use the >>> lecture bottle of D2 as a test of whether muons are being produced. If it >>> gets hot close by, then muons may be indicated. >>> >> >> Have you suggested this to Holmlid? It would be a very convincing and >> simple demo if it showed anything at all. It would cost nothing to try. >> >> However, since there is no plasma in the bottle, the chance of anything >> happening due to a muon flux seems minimal. IOW I doubt that full tank >> pressure + muons alone would be enough to see any thermal change. Possibly >> it would better to look for a gamma signal but even that is unlikely. >> >> The fusor has a great advantage as a measuring tool since we know the >> Lawson criteria are being met already and there is a rate of neutron >> emission - so that any increase in neutrons due to neutron flux would be >> immediate, expected and easy to measure. >> > >
