Terry Blanton wrote: > Actually, this [Mizuno Image] looks remarkably similar to the polycarbonate triple tracks.
Good point ... except the two scales are way-off, but I need to double check on that. I also have some additional input to follow-up on, which suggests this image does not represent what it is purported to show, so ... more on all of this, plus the triple track connection, later. One thing I should also have added to the original post is the Storms/Scanlan view on deuteron clusters, and how that differs from the two hypotheses already mentioned (Arata/Zhang and Hora/Miley). Below is a quote from the recent paper parsed to highlight the main difference, which is an order of magnitude fewer deuterons. "What is real about cold fusion and what explanations are plausible?" By Edmund Storms and Brian Scanlan. Submitted to AIP. "How can multiple deuterons enter a nucleus with high atomic number and how is the energy resulting from this reaction dissipated into the environment"? One possible answer is the involvement of deuterium clusters in both processes. While involvement of small clusters has been suggested in the past by several authors, this model solves a couple of problems by proposing the clusters have a large number of members. This concept is applied first to the transmutation reaction and then to fusion. Up to 10 deuterons apparently can enter a nucleus. For this to happen as a single event, all must be at the same place at the same time. This condition describes what can be called a super-cluster. For all members of the cluster to enter at the same time, they must be located close together compared to nuclear dimensions and their nuclear charge must be hidden from the target nuclei. These requirements imply existence of an unusual bonding state that can form within a group of deuterons. The nature of this state will not be discussed here, but will be a subject for future papers. END of quote OK - there is a significant difference here of what defines a "cluster of deuterons", and how it interacts. The Storms/Scanlan model would apparently not demand nor benefit from a population of "below ground state" predecessor species, as would the other two - given the higher density parameters which they presume. More to follow, Jones
