In reply to Jones Beene's message of Mon, 9 May 2011 11:49:36 -0700: Hi, [snip] >However, it still needs energy to tunnel into the boron nucleus - which, in >QM terms, is ?borrowed in advance? from the large amount available in the >end. This makes it true LENR, not hot fusion. It is the best of both worlds.
Actually even thermal energy would be enough for this, if it makes the attempt often enough, e.g. if bound in some way to the Boron. Note that a magnetic bond is not out of the question here because B has a magnetic moment, and may thus form a bond with a strongly magnetic Hydrino. Furthermore, the magnetic field would tend to attract it anyway. > >Falsifiability. Two details (findings) would seal-the-deal for this reaction >being the Rossi effect >1) Finding helium with the boron, but not with the nickel >2) Proving that the reaction can happen without a gamma signature above >200 keV > >The last one is the hardest, of course. There's a much easier way to do this. Just remove the B from a Rossi device and see if it stops producing heat. I suspect that Rossi included the B in the first place because he suspected neutrons, and wanted to shield against them, but then noticed that the reactor worked far better than expected, and hence decided to leave it in. Perhaps that in turn means that they initially suspected a WL reaction? > >Jones > >____________________________________________ > >In the case of boron-10 reacting with a virtual neutron, this would be >closer to fission than fusion, if we wanted to be precise - and also is >lower in energy than the reaction of boron with a real neutron (which is >over 1 MeV heavier than a proton). If the ?virtual neutron? is a form of >spillover with a deflated electron, or a maxed-out hydino, then the reactive >particle could be lower in mass yet. ..because the virtual neutron is not a real neutron, you won't get the usual neutron reaction. You will get the proton reactions, i.e. H + B10 -> Be7 + He4 or H + B10 -> C11 (this one may be enhanced because the electron can be ejected carrying the energy), however in that case one might expect lots of bremsstrahlung. On the flip side, the p-B10 reaction probably has a much smaller cross-section that the p-B11 reaction, so the former may not occur much. [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
