In reply to David Roberson's message of Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:14:39 -0400 (EDT): Hi, [snip] >And of course we have been searching very hard to find a process that does not >release strong gammas and this would fit that requirement as long as we >overlook the 511 keV ones.
There are actually two processes by which protium fusion occurs. The second is the p-e-p reaction, where an electron is captured concurrently. This second process is rare compared to the emission of a beta+, but does happen. When it does, no positron is emitted, and consequently no 511 keV gammas are produced. A severely shrunken f/H may result in p-e-p taking precedence over p-p. Unfortunately AFAIK, all the energy of the p-e-p reaction is carried by the neutrino which of course escapes, hence no net measurable energy effect. :( Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
