On Feb 5, 2010, at 6:57 AM, Jones Beene wrote:
As we mentioned in previous postings, any nuclear reaction with Rb is
extremely unlikely, if we assume it is related in any way to a
thermonuclear
reaction.
I think this is true. OTOH, the fact that a gas, Kr, would be
produced from a Rb Bose condensate wavefunction collapse, it is very
tempting to think such a thing is possible. The Bosenova was created
using 85Rb:
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/bosenova.htm
This gives the following potential reactions to stable products:
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 86Sr38 + 84Kr36 + 2.620 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 87Sr38 + 83Kr36 + 00.527 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 88Sr38 + 82Kr36 + 4.177 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 89Y39 + 81Br35 + 1.342 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 90Zr40 + 80Se34 + 2.193 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 92Zr40 + 78Se34 + 1.145 MeV
It is notable that one of the potential products is a gas, krypton,
which might escape detection in the experiment if produced.
The nucleus 85Rb has an even number of neutrons, 48, plus 37 protons
and electrons. Provided the electrons and protons pair spins, the net
spin of the 85 Rb atom is zero. At one time I suggested the
possibility that an (extrenal source provided) energetic particle
could collapse the wave function of a Bose condensate to a point:
http://mtaonline.net/~hheffner/BoseHyp.pdf
This would mean that both the nuclei and electrons would condense to
(approximately) a point. Such a collapse would create a highly
negative energy entity, having possibly on the order of many GeV
negative energy. However, as the electron wavefunctions expand, the
negative energy would be restored from the vacuum, and the nuclei
would have the energy to react, producing nearly zero net energy
reactions. The reaction that would be triggered first, from paired
rubidium nuclei, would be:
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 86Sr38 + 84Kr36 + 2.620 MeV
Thus producing a large proportion of krypton gas. The 2.620 MeV is
otherwise irrelevant, because it is essentially consumed by the
electron negative energy. The "explosion" would be produced with
nominal energy.
This is admittedly far fetched, for various reasons, one of the most
obvious ones being this: an amount of strontium corresponding to the
krypton created would be left behind. Surely this strontium would
have been noticed, if present in such a large proportion.
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
