Jones— You state:
“Coupling is not needed. Neutrons are created in the fission of U,” I doubt this is the case. Normal understanding is neutrons exist as an entity in the a nucleus. Further you state: “No mystery there. The free neutrons start out fast….” I assume you mean they have linear momentum before the reaction that carries over and stays with them. I doubt it. Bob Cook from: JonesBeene<mailto:jone...@pacbell.net> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2018 1:24 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com<mailto:vortex-l@eskimo.com> SFbject: RE: [Vo]:Cold Fusion Catalyzed Hot Fission - A promising hybrid orjust hand-waving? Coupling is not needed. Neutrons are created in the fission of U, as there is always a slight excess of neutrons in the larger nucleus - and of course all particles will share some of the excess energy of the fission reaction. IIRC this works out to about 1 MeV per neutron on average when it is released.. No mystery there. The free neutrons start out fast and continually slow down and thermalize until something else happens. The important thing for the future of nuclear fission – in a role as the most cost efficient source of power for a World with too many people - is to find a way to use natural (unenriched) fuel in a subcritical design… hopefully without the billion dollar extra cost of a massive beam line. That outcome would be almost assured if there is indeed a mystery particle which can induce fission efficiently like a neutron – even if the particle comes from deuterium disintegration. There are dozens of papers online from the 70s and 80s on the yield from muon induced fission and it is way too low to be useful. Is there a mystery particle out the which is better than the muon? It was not mentioned earlier but the W/L concept of an “ultra low momentum” neutron would possibly work. From: bobcook39...@hotmail.com<mailto:bobcook39...@hotmail.com> An additional question regarding the U-235/U-236 fission reaction is how the neutrons get their kinetic energy with no repulsive potential energy field to “kick” them away from the fission reaction? They get accelerated in a very short time frame per existing theory. HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? What coupling field acts to conserve linear momentum and total energy plus angular momentum? I think the coupling is via electric/magnetic fields. Period. The neutron’s magnetic properties are involved in its acceleration IMHO. Bob Cook
