Jones, QCD comes into play once the reacting nuclear particles are within femtometers of each other. But first, it must be explained how they get that close with sufficient probability, and this is purely a QED problem if I am not mistaken.
So, who had the foresight to envision the cross-connection? (between what and what BTW?) Michel 2009/12/5 Jones Beene <[email protected]>: > The key phrase here is “triple tracks” … > > http://www.physorg.com/news157046734.html > > Because this article came ahead of (or even instigated) some of the recent > popularization of new theories relating LENR to the likelihood of quark > interaction (identity or ‘color’ change statistics in quarks), many > observers … (well, at least one ;-) … were not able to ‘connect the dots’ > very well till now (today actually). > > Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is the theory of the strong nuclear > interaction, describing the interactions of the quarks and gluons making up > all hadrons. The theory of “color-charged fermions” (quarks) is the key > component. “Color” is probably an unfortunate descriptor here, but so be it > – semantics be damned. > > QCD has become an important part of the Standard Model of particle physics, > and it would be informative to find and credit the first theorist to make > the connection of QCD to LENR. I suspect that sometime in the next decade, > P&F will eventually be given the credit they deserve, along with whomever > has made the best theoretical study of the dynamics. My bet is that it could > be Pamela Mosier-Boss if she can jump on this bandwagon fast enough and get > enough positive PR. Interesting connection is that Julian Schwinger shared a > Nobel prize with Richard Feynman (for QED the predecessor of QCD) and yet > only one of them had the foresight to envision the cross-connection. Can you > guess which one? > > A huge body of experimental evidence for QCD has been gathered over the > years, and the crowning jewel of that could well be its use to explain LENR > in a way which leads to ultimate commercialization. > > Jones
