I wonder if this assumption is correct. In superconductivity, you get electrons to bind together by reducing the temperature of the material to very low temperatures; you remove energy.
The cooper pair of electrons have less energy than their precursor quasiparticles. You might need to take energy away from the nucleus to lower its coulomb barrier. On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 2:50 AM, Eric Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 10:31 PM, David Roberson <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> That is the main reason that I do not believe that the process you >> outline is valid. The W&L theory looks like a free lunch to me. >> > > I think everyone wants a free lunch. Proton people want to lower the > Coulomb barrier for free and neutron people want to generate neutrons for > free. All of them ignore expected nuclear products by ways of magic and > slight of hand. One is tempted to view the two approaches as flip sides of > the same impossible coin, although I don't think an equivalence can be > drawn in this instance -- my assumption is that some theory will be shown > to be correct and that it will take one approach and not the other. > > Eric > >
