Horace, thanks for the reply. You wrote:
> You should keep in mind that in nanowires, even (laser induced)
> thermal pulses move at 2x10^6 m/s, the conduction band electron speed.
Yes. There are electron-lattice mechanical couplings
(e.g,, pinches, phonons, ...) that complicate a simple, classical
model, but including them would make the math extremely impossible.
I am not at all sure how long a nanowire (or other "nano" structure)
must remain stable, since any nuclear events would disrupt it anyway.
However, the paper I cited shows there are some stable operating
points ("magic conductance values") that can support ultra-high
current densities with minimal deformation.
> I am sorry that I do not have the appropriate time to give to this
> right now. This looks like a very worthwhile and interesting
> discussion.
No problem. I think that modeling the W-L theory with undergrad
physics is the place to start - even if overly simplistic, it may
provide insights. It is not too difficult to contrive simple arrays
of nanowires with inductive couplings that have already been
analyzed in physics textbook chapters on RLC circuit theory.
> I do have some differences of opinion with WL theory, as noted on
> pages 9 and 15 of this article:
> http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/NiProtonRiddle.pdf
You may be correct. You are considering at a much finer grain analysis
of the reactions. However, it will be much more difficult (I think)
to model it.
> Following are some comments on the validity of WL theory:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg38261.html
Lots of good questions, but my example is not ambitious enough to answer
them. I just wanted to see whether classical electrons could surmount a
780 KeV barrier. As far as missing gammas and neutrons, all I can suggest
is that the magnetic field encircling the ultra-high current nanowire is
gigantic - I am not able to do a QED analysis.
> and the Larsen & Widom Patent:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg42900.html
Perhaps the experimental data is assumed to be the anomalously low
gamma emissions in purported LENR reactions. I am not sure.
