Andy, I don't think Eric said it was not some type of Beta decay, just not Beta -. There are many people on here brighter than me so I will let them figure out what type. Maybe the lattice somehow polarizes neutrinos and you get more collisions.
Stewart On Wednesday, November 28, 2012, Andy Findlay wrote: > Thanks, Eric, > > Yes, that fits within my conceptual view of what is possible for hydrogen. > I think Stewart has got things a bit muddled. > > Andy. > > On 28/11/12 08:29, Eric Walker wrote: > > I wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Andy Findlay > <[email protected]<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> >> > wrote: >> >> I wasn't aware that hydrogen was capable of beta decay. >>> >> >> Beta minus decay is possible under extreme conditions. But you would >> need to temporarily place the hydrogen you wanted to decay on a >> core-collapsing star. >> > > On second thought, β- decay isn't correct. I'm having a hard time saying > for sure exactly what kind of beta decay it is. I don't imagine it's the > normal inverse beta decay (inner shell electron capture), since there are > probably few inner shell electrons hanging around. But β+ decay implies > positron emission, and I don't see evidence of that. Wikipedia refers to > it as "reversed beta-decay" in one place. The reaction seems to be: > > p + e- → N + v > > Eric > > >
