Once the energy spread of the active particles reaches the threshold needed for electron-capture, presumably the probability of their reaching much higher energies is minimal, i.e., they will be converted into neutrons before that. So the resulting neutron is born "cold" with little extra energy.
-- LP Chemical Engineer wrote: > I also am not sure why a "hot" neutron might not be created as opposed to > a > "Cold Neutron" from this. If there were some type of collapsed matter > triggering the event I can understand loss of momentum to all radiation > escaping due to the extra quantum gravitational pull to be overcome. > > > On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 2:54 PM, <pagnu...@htdconnect.com> wrote: > >> Brillouin's ICCF-17 paper [1] states: >> >> "Brillouin's lattice stimulation reverses the natural decay of neutrons >> to >> protons and Beta particles, catalyzing this endothermic step. >> Constraining >> a proton spatially in a lattice causes the lattice energy to be highly >> uncertain. With the Hamiltonian of the system reaching 782KeV for a >> proton >> or 3MeV for a deuteron the system may be capable of capturing an >> electron, >> forming an ultra-cold neutron or di-neutron system." >> >> "Using Q pulses tuned to the resonance of palladium and nickel hydrides >> in pressurized vessels" they induce electron capture with protons and >> deuterons. Their patent [2] allows for both electomagnetic or sonic >> pulses. >> >> From the excerpt of their paper - >> "Constraining a proton spatially in a lattice causes the lattice energy >> to >> be highly uncertain. With the Hamiltonian of the system reaching 782KeV >> for >> a proton or 3MeV for a deuteron the system may be capable of capturing >> an >> electron" >> - it seems like they may be employing "Fermi acceleration" [3] in which >> a >> particle trapped in a time-varying potential acquires large energy. >> Spatially localizing a quantum particle requires addition of energy. >> >> Possibly, as soon as the electron wave function acquires 782 keV >> components, proton electron-capture occurs resulting in a cold neutron. >> >> Fermi acceleration has been proposed before [4]. Perhaps the Energetics >> Technology results shown on CBS "60 Minutes" involving ultrasonic >> stimulation may also involve Fermi acceleration. >> >> If so, the effectiveness of the stimulus could be quite sensitive to >> waveform shape and frequency. >> >> I would be interested in any feedback. >> >> -- Lou Pagnucco >> >> >> [1] Controlled Electron Capture and the Path Toward Commercialization >> >> http://newenergytimes.com/v2/conferences/2012/ICCF17/ICCF-17-Godes-Controlled-Electron-Capture-Paper.pdf >> >> [2] U.S. Patent Application - Pub. No. US 2011/1022984 A1 - May 26, 2011 >> ENERGY GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD >> http://on-the-rag.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/US20110122984.pdf >> >> ITEM [0019]: In some embodiments of the present invention, the >> reaction may be initiated using current as the phonon initiator >> mechanism. In other embodiments of the present invention, acoustic >> energy such as sonic or ultrasonic energy can be used..." >> >> ITEM [0005]: ...a small amount of phonon energy initiates a nuclear >> reaction. Unfortunately, the first reaction creates additional phonons >> that cause a chain reaction that leads to the destruction of the >> lattice" >> >> [3] Fermi Acceleration >> >> http://statphys.skku.ac.kr/~bjkim/Teaching/ComPhys10/Labs/Fermi/Fermi.pdf >> Exponential energy growth in a Fermi accelerator >> http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~vered/publistorder/R34_PRE10.pdf >> >> [4] Ferroelectrics for Cold Fusion >> EPRI Proceedings: 4th Int'l Conf. on Cold Fusion, Vol. 4, p.30-1 >> http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/EPRIproceedingc.pdf >> Catalytically Induced D-D Fusion in Ferroelectrics >> >> http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-97331997000400014 >> >> >> >
