Mike, I suspect the H or D must already be in a Rydberg or fractional Rydberg
state to have this effect on a 3rd body in any observable quantity. We don't
see these exothermic results in everyday life without plasma or catalyst being
present. You go on to say that once h/x forms it can go on to self catalyze
other H's to become h/x which I agree with totally but my reasons are somewhat
different. I believe Casimir force felt by gas atoms changes with motion
through different geometry of the catalyst material , This is what W-L theory
calls the collective action of atoms in the catalyst. I had proposed a
"virtual" 3rd body in contact with the gas atoms due to the Casimir effect but
now prefer the W-L proposal of a "real" ultra low momentum neutron forming a
3rd body interaction. The ULM neutron is the size of the entire
cluster/cavity/catalyst (bacterium scale). This means that the environment
where we observe h/x is constantly enclosed by, and therefore in contact with,
this huge -ultra low momentum 3rd body. This would greatly increase the number
of a three-body reactions. I agree that D reacting with itself could produce
4He in a catalytic environment but only when that is the path of least
resistance. The 4He reaction may be preceded by numerous translations between
different fractional states and atomic bonding states that contribute excess
energy and encourage collisions like the thermal runaway seen in the Rowan
confirmation of the Black Light process. The way that excess heat doesn't seem
to balance with nuclear artifacts detected and the way this imbalance seems to
vary with different methods makes me suspect that these methods are interacting
with each other.
Fran
