In reply to Frederick Sparber's message of Thu, 6 Dec 2007 05:25:01 -0700: Hi, [snip] >If my physics is correct, a detached neutron has about a 12 minute lifetime, >but bound to a proton >forms a stable deuteron and judging from low energy deuteron stripping, >there are different levels >of bound states that allow the neutron's survival. >I see no reason why a Negatively-Charged Muon picked up from >Atmosphere-Lithosphere Cosmic Ray Interactions >cannot do the same thing.
Negative muons catalyze fusion reactions. What do you envisage that binds to a negative muon, extending it's lifetime? In order to bind it would either need to be positively charged, or bind magnetically, unless you are proposing an alternative mechanism? > >IOW, the "Cheshire Cat" CF-OU effects depend on where the Muon is in an >atom, being >less than 870 eV (13.6 * Z^2 volts for "hydrogenic" oxygen) or 4400 eV for >Argon and 4900 eV for >Potassium etc. but somewhere in their electron cloud where a close encounter >with a Proton or Deuteron >penetrating the atom's electron cloud can sequester them with a higher >energy release. Why is it important that they be in an atom's electron cloud? Also, the mass of the muon means that it "orbits" much closer to a nucleus than the electrons - that's why it works as a nuclear catalyst. Furthermore, there is no evidence from muon catalyzed fusion experiments that I am aware of, that the lifetime of the muon is extended. [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk The shrub is a plant.
