In reply to Jones Beene's message of Mon, 8 Dec 2008 19:33:50 -0800 (PST): Hi Jones, [snip] >One suggestion is that most of the excess was "borrowed" in advance, in the QM >sense, to convert a proton into a virtual neutron. > >Jones
I have already pointed out that this just isn't so. The energy required to make 1 neutron is 0.782 MeV. The energy output from adding that neutron to C12 and getting C13 is 4.95 MeV. That still leaves 4.16 MeV. In short only 16% of the energy is needed to make the neutron. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
