In reply to Jones Beene's message of Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:33:24 -0700: Hi, [snip] >Well, even if many of us can and do agree that it is a viable 'possibility' >as is the phonon cascade - the weight of evidence based on known reactions >still favors the alpha release from subthermal neutron activation, which is >in keeping with the 'virtual neutron' (Russel, 1991; Dufour, 1993; Kozima >and Arai, 2000) and the related hydrex (Dufour et al., 2001) ... and even if >that too is still little more than a more defensible speculation at this >juncture, it makes more sense to many observers than a pure fiction - like >the 'magic phonon' cascade of P. Hagelstein et al. [snip] I should have been clearer. IC deactivation also means that the D-D -> He4 reaction is directly possible without gamma, and without the usual branching ratios. In fact with Horace's model the reaction to He-4 would be the preferred path, because the He4 nucleus is much more stable than either He3 or T, and the electron has to be disposed of anyway. The only problem I see for IC deactivation is that 24 MeV electrons should produce broad spectrum bremsstrahlung x-rays up to 24 MeV. (How significant a "problem" is this with beta-decay electrons BTW?)
> >We do know without question that there is a real subthermal neutron species, >which is not an invention, even if the evidence for its properties was >arrived at by active cooling techniques, instead of via a natural reaction. What are you referring to here? >The subthermal has far different activation properties. There are hundreds >of peer-reviewed references for this One or two would be nice. >, and the SPAWAR species looks to some >experts like a subthermal neutron. I don't think this is coincidental. > >The comment still stands that there is no known instance in mainstream >nuclear fusion of D + D -> He happening without the high energy gamma, That's not surprising, because all the mainstream reactions are hot fusion reactions, and besides, even if some of those were Deflation Fusion/Hydrino reactions, who would notice? (Actually 23.8 MeV electrons should produce cyclotron radiation "pings" at about 70-80 GHz in a typical Tokamak, and it should be possible to pick these up, though I suspect that no one is listening for them. (Obviously impossible in systems where MW of GHz radiation is used for heating). [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
