Michel writes: > 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.
Yes, but the precise details - the dynamics of LENR from start to finish - will likely be a mix of the two. Is that a problem? I think not, and it probably will help to integrate everything into a larger combined theory - even going so far as a "New Standard Model" ... at least that is the hope ;-). The interesting thing here to ponder is based on the image seen in the article and the implication from it: are the "triple tracks" related to quarks? That is not implied, of course, and no one else seems to have had the temerity to make a big case for this implication to date, but ... let me ask ... how else (aside from Theology) does one find three distinct components to a single entity? > So, who had the foresight to envision the cross-connection? Well that remark was not phrased very well, I agree - but if you google [Julian Schwinger LENR] this will be the first hit: www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/SchwingerJcoldfusiona.pdf Jones
