Jones Beene wrote:
Horace Heffner wrote:
This is landmark research. Modified branching ratios as well as
Coulomb barrier defeating at intermediate energies are both clearly
demonstrated in what appears to be a highly repeatable protocol. The
monoenergetic 0.8±0.1 MeV electrons are a surprise and should give
theorists quite a stir. If this can't break down the barriers to
research nothing will short of a new product in the aisles of your
local super store.
Bravo!
Storms, E. and B. Scanlan. "Radiation Produced By Glow Discharge In
Deuterium."
http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/StormsEradiationp.pdf
Yes, Bravo! indeed.
However, let me add one item for consideration, which is bound to be a
small irritant for those who do not give the redundant-ground-state
theory of R Mills much credence.
That is the presence of oxygen, which in these conditions would be a
superb catalyst for hydrino formation.
Dr. Storms says: When oxygen containing gas, such as O2, D2O, or H2O is
added to the D2, a different kind of emission is produced. This
radiation is completely stopped by an absorber having 1.74 mg/cm2
added to the absorption produced by the GM counter window of 2.0 mg/cm2
for a total of ~3.74. The radiation could be protons with an energy of
at least 0.7 MeV but less than about 1.2 MeV or alphas with an energy of
at least 2.9 MeV but less than 4.7 MeV. The low value of this range is
required for the particle to pass through the window of the GM tube and
a particle having the upper value is stopped by the sum of the window
and absorber." END of quote.
Therefore, in an effort to cover all the bases, we might add that the
radiation could be in the form of hydrinos or hydino-hydrides with an
energy intermediate to the proton or alpha. That alternative is
falsifiable -- by biasing the window somehow with a negative charge,
which would repel hydrinos or hydino-hydrides but attract alphas or
protons.
This idea has occurred to us as well. However, I see three problems.
First of all, I can not imagine how the hydrino can accumulate this much
energy unless it results from a nuclear reaction. How is such energy
communicated to a nuclei while allowing it to retain the Mills electron?
Second, would a hydrino of lower energy be detected by a GM counter even
if it is able to pass through the counter window? Finally, if the
energy we measure is close to that of a proposed hydrino, the voltage
required to stop it is unsustainable in the gas of the apparatus.
Ed
Jones
