Maybe when everything cools off is when time will stop... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9337990/Not-enough-hours-in-the-day-Scientists-predict-time-will-stop-completely.html
On Monday, June 18, 2012, David Roberson wrote: > I have been following the discussion about nuclear cooling and I think I > see another direct way it can be achieved if the W&L process is real. I > have my doubts as to whether or not that is true, but if it is then I think > the following might occur. > We first start with a system that includes a proton, electron and a > Beryllium 9 atom. We use a W&L process to make a neutron which takes > 781.915 keV. Of course it requires a lot of metal to actually have a W&L > process perform, but I have broken it into the least parts to make the > cooling process stand out. > Now, this low momentum neutron can find its way into the nucleus of the > Be9 atom freely and binds there. At this point we have an unstable > isotope Beryllium 10 which eventually beta decays (1.51 * 10 ^6 years) into > Boron 10 which is stable. The electron emitted by the decay carries > 202.63 keV while an electron antineutrino escapes with 353.43 KeV of energy. > The escaping neutrino carries off a significant amount of the energy and > would be extremely difficult to capture and return to the system. > The final tally is that we put 781.915 keV + 353.43 keV = 1135.385 keV > into the system but appear to only see 202.63 keV of heating energy > returned. It is interesting to note that the neutron energy is held > tightly within the Be9 nucleus until the decay occurs so heat is > immediately absorbed from the test. This process would definitely do a > great job of cooling that far exceeds chemical methods if a better subject > metal is chosen. > I chose this simple case for demonstration purposes and I realize that a > million years is a long time, but the effect should be real for other > metals with shorter time constants. In this particular example it > appears advantageous for the neutron to be held by the nuclei for a long > period before the decay. > Perhaps a test of the W&L type of process can be constructed by choosing > the appropriate metal to use for the test and then measure the cooling. The > test would be capable of determining whether or not the neutrons were > formed by that process. If no neutrons are formed, then the entire > theory would be suspect. > What do you guys think? > Dave >
