In reply to David Roberson's message of Sat, 11 Aug 2012 23:30:47 -0400 (EDT): Hi, [snip] > >I think that it is symmetrical. If you begin outside of the nucleus and enter >energy is released. If you then reclaim that same amount of energy back to >the nucleus and allow the proton to exit, you will be at the same condition as >you started. The net round trip yields a balanced condition with no net >energy transferred. [snip] This is just a restatement of the conservation of energy. The very fact that you need to supply energy to the nucleus in order to prize a particle free proves that the barrier is not symmetrical.
...make that "prise a particle free" (That's what I had originally, but my spell checker didn't like it.) Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
