Jones Beene wrote:
Edmund Storms wrote:
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,
Your logic about the high energy level, or lack thereof, appears sound.
Perhaps Robin has an answer for that.
If the effect of oxygen were to remain with Argon substituted for
oxygen, for instance, then the case would be stronger. But it is weak now.
Jones,
It would be convenient to run other gases. Unfortunately, the plasma
resistance is too low in Ar and N2 to allow the required critical
voltage to be reached without applying excessive current and power to
the cathode. However, we have run with He + D2O, which works well
enough. Oxygen is always present in some form in small amounts in a
vacuum system, either as H2O or CO. As a result, nature prevents many of
the ideas from being applied.
The only possible way (for the hydrino to be involved) would seem to be
if it goes in as a tiny neutral atom of low kinetic energy, but then
reacts AFTER it crosses the window in a nuclear reaction (of the
required level)... In which case there should be recognizable damage to
the GM counter over time.
Perhaps, but this sounds too complex and convenient as an explanation.
Nature is never so co-operative.
A GM always suffers damage over time as it detects normal radiation. As
a result, they have a lifetime that is claimed to be about 10^10
detections.
Ed
Jones
