In reply to Jones Beene's message of Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:41:55 -0800: Hi, [snip] >Gain comes from non-quark nuclear boson depletion, is instigated by strong >force attraction, followed by Coulomb repulsion - and depends on quark >statistics. Gain is in the range of tens to hundreds of keV per proton. >There are secondary nuclear reactions but most of the energy gain is from >accelerated protons.
This implies close proximity between proton and target nucleus. However if such a proximity exists, then there is no reason a conventional fusion reaction would not take place. Besides which, you posit Coulomb force repulsion *after* strong force attraction, but this makes no sense, because the strong force goes as the sixth power of distance whereas the Coulomb force goes as the second power, so once the strong force gains the upper hand, it retains control. There is no "followed". Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
