I just wrote: "I think this is a misunderstanding of what the 20.3
keV represents. It does not represent the Q of the reaction. It
represents an (experimental) upper limit on the kinetic energy the
4He obtains from the reaction. This is not at all a surprising
result if, as I and various others have predicted, the D+D -> 4He
branch produces most of its enthalpy in the form of low energy alphas
with the possibility one or two low energy betas as well."
This was a wandering mind tying. 8^) It should say: "I think this
is a misunderstanding of what the 20.3 keV represents. It does not
represent the Q of the reaction. It represents an (experimental)
upper limit on the kinetic energy the 4He obtains from the reaction.
This is not at all a surprising result if, as I and various others
have predicted, the D+D -> 4He branch produces most of its enthalpy
in the form of low energy GAMMAS (photons) with the possibility one
or two low energy betas as well."
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
