In reply to Jones Beene's message of Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:49:40 -0700: Hi, [snip] >If the faux-n has a significantly larger spatial near field - how does >that change the cross section? The most logical answer would be to enhance.
Yes, but there is a snake in the grass. Since Faux-n is not really n, the near field of the electron will only suffice to bring it closer to the nucleus. But this may only happen once. Consider that the electron is still "tied" to the proton by it's electric field, and hence is equally subject to the electric field of the larger nucleus. IOW there is every chance that the shrunken electron will "jump ship" at the first opportunity, forming an even tighter orbit around the heavy nucleus, and resulting in the proton simply being expelled by the repulsive force of the larger nucleus. This is a "hydrino destroyer", and it may be the reason that transmutation reactions are still rather rare. OTOH of course there is a considerable energy release when the electron jumps ship, which in itself may still be useful as a fuel source, especially if the larger nucleus is of a common element such as Oxygen or Silicon. BTW this process may also have the net effect of *appearing* to transform the element in question to one which is one lower on the periodic table, but with the same mass. The "transformation" would effect chemical reactions, but should have little influence on e.g. naa. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk The shrub is a plant.
