Robin, I'm sorry that I don't have time to monitor this site regularly, so I may have missed the earlier references. However, when you mention shrunken molecules, do you mean those with deep-orbit electrons, such as modeled in
A. Meulenberg and J. L. Paillet, “Basis for femto-molecules and -ions created from femto-atoms,” ICCF-19, 19th Int. Conf. on Cond. Matter Nuclear Science, Padua, Italy, 15/05/2015, J. Condensed Matter Nucl. Sci. *19*, pp. 202 – 209, (2016) or A. Meulenberg, “Femto-Helium and PdD Transmutation <https://mospace.umsystem.edu/xmlui/handle/10355/36500>,” ICCF-18, 18th Int. Conf. on Cond. Matter Nuclear Science, Columbia, Missouri, 25/07/2013, J. Condensed Matter Nucl. Sci. 15 (2015), 106-117 or do you have some other entity in mind (e.g., Storms' prefusion model)? If the latter, can you point to a ref or two? Either way, I agree with your story here. Thx, Andrew _ _ On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 3:20 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jones, > > Consider the possibilities resulting from the existence of a shrunken > molecule:- > > Deuterium molecules that had not shrunk far enough to fuse might easily be > confused with Helium. They are chemically non-reactive, and very close to > the > same mass. > > Those that have shrunk far enough to fuse, might fuse in their entirety > adding 4 > amu to the target nucleus, or they may only add a single deuteron to a > target > nucleus, or they may contribute only a neutron (or proton). If the whole > molecules fuses the addition of two deuterons concurrently may well provide > sufficient energy to bring about a fission reaction so that the kinetic > energy > is shared by the daughter products, again usually creating stable nuclei, > because the original target nucleus wasn't all that neutron rich to begin > with. > (Note that science currently really only has experience with fission > brought > about by single neutrons, which is why fission reactions are only seen > with some > actinide targets - a single neutron only adds about 6-10 MeV to a nucleus, > so it > has to be pretty unstable to start with if it is to fission. OTOH, a well > shrunken D molecule could add 20-36 MeV, making fission of much lighter > nuclei > possible.) > In each case, heavy particles are left behind which readily share momentum > & > kinetic energy, so that the reaction is mostly "clean". > > The different sizes, and consequently differing reactions & reaction > ratios, > available would provide an explanation as to why the "helium"/energy ratio > is > difficult to pin down. > > Neutron hopping from a shrunken deuterium molecule should happen very > readily, > because the neutron is only bound in the deuterium nucleus by 2.2 MeV, > whereas > the binding energy for most other nuclei is about 6-10 MeV. Furthermore the > shrunken deuterium molecule can get very close to other nuclei, possibly > reducing the tunneling distance by orders of magnitude, and thus > increasing the > tunneling probability astronomically (it's insanely dependent on separation > distance). Shrunken deuterium *atoms* would also contribute to neutron > hopping, > especially if the magnetic field of such an atom binds it to the magnetic > field > of the target nucleus, causing it to "stick" long enough for tunneling to > occur. > > Given that the shrinkage process itself is also exothermic, *no* miracles > are > required, only a set of circumstances that provide at least one shrinkage > catalyst. Both Lithium & Potassium can fill this role, and at least one of > the > two was often present in early electrolysis based CF experiments. > > Regards, > > > Robin van Spaandonk > > local asymmetry = temporary success > >
