On Jul 30, 2007, at 9:50 PM, thomas malloy wrote:
The concept of electron screening is that orbital electron
waveforms permit two nuclei to get close enough together that one
nucleus can, with useful probability (half-life) tunnel to the
other.
So you can manipulate the form of the electron?
Yes. The wave function of the electron changes depending on the
fields it is in and thus also its proximity to other charged
particles. Concepts for engineering are described in:
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/DeflationFusion.pdf
which is now in Draft #1 state.
This kind of fusion might be expected to have
ordinary branching ratios.
Please explain how these branching ratio affect fusion?
It is the other way around, the type of fusion affects the branching
ratios. The branching ratios are the percentage of differing kinds
reactions that occur from the same kind of fusion. Here are the hot
fusion D + D branches and ratios:
D + D --> T(1.01 MeV) + p(3.03 MeV) (4.03 MeV, 50%)
D + D --> 3He(0.82 MeV) + n(2.45 MeV) (3.27 MeV, 50%)
D + D --> 4He( 76 keV) + gamma (23.8 MeV) (23.9 MeV, 1x10^-6)
the T + p and the 3He + n outcomes are about equal, while the 4He has
less than 1 in 10,000 chances to less than one in a million,
depending on fusion energies.
electron fugacity
concept is a 3 body fusion concept, a concept involving
simultaneous 2 body tunneling, though possibly involving a short
wavelength electron at some point.
So, they want to come together, the two bodies, and the electrons
facilitate this?
Deuterons don;t want to come together. they are both positive and
thus repel each other. However, two positives charges with a negative
charge in between are mutually attracting.
I'm reminded of a lecture I attended, it was given by the physicist
Bill Overn. Bill is an advocate of Classical Mechanics and rejects
Quantum Theory, which I assume includes tunneling. I'm wondering if
perhaps this paradigm might prove useful in understanding the
phenomena?
QM works so well it is essential to the engineering of semiconductors
devices. It is now an applied science, not a pie in the sky wishful
theory ... like most all of mine.
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
