This is an overdue comment on: OPTIMAL LASER WAVELENGTH FOR RESONANT TRANSMISSION THROUGH THE COULOMB BARRIER By Robert Bass - 2005
http://tinyurl.com/2cqlsn4 “Letts has found (and been confirmed by Storms et al ) that 680 nm seems to be optimal, which corresponds to photons of energy 1.81 eV. If one considers a cascading effect involving simultaneous (or even sequential) impingement upon the excited deuteron by from 10 to 20 photons, this would produce an excited deuteron in the energy range of [18, 36] eV which lies within my desideratum of [18, 61] eV and includes my previously claimed “optimal” energy level of 31 eV.” In fact 17 × 1.81 eV = 30.8 eV, in good agreement with my 1993 value [1] of 30.9 eV. END of quote from Robert Bass. The only purpose of this posting is to note that instead of Bass’s “optimal value” there is another distinct possibility, which also fits into the idea that “680 nm seems to be optimal” at least for those who think that Mills’ could have gotten a few things right in CQM. To wit: In fact 15 × 1.81 eV = 27.15 eV, in good agreement with Mills’ 1991 value of 27.2 eV
