Hi Robin, Hmmm .The difference could be this... The particles in a nucleus are mutually held together by the strong force. Thus they resist any attempt to break apart under laser irradiation.
In contrast, dense hydrogen would not feel the strong force from another nearby dense hydrogen -- thus they are more reactive when irradiated with the laser since they have more freedom of movement. Jones >Interesting story in New Scientist magazine this week - about the surprisingly >intense plasma which can be made by placing two grapes side-by-side in a >microwave oven. The energy expressed in this simple experiment defies logic >since with only a single grape - there is a much smaller steam explosion and >no plasma. >The reason involves directed energy localization. > >The metaphor could apply to two atoms of dense hydrogen - UDH irradiated by a >laser - which then annihilate. They do not fuse but instead are turned into >"quark soup" - eventually into muons. Unless the atoms are very close, the >strange MO and results of the Holmlid effect would not happen - thus there >must be dense hydrogen present. Even dense hydrogen doesn't get any closer together than the nucleons in a nucleus, yet they don't explode in a shower of muons. [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk local asymmetry = temporary success
