In reply to Eric Walker's message of Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:07:20 -0800: Hi, [snip] >I imagine they need 20 keV to approach the palladium nucleus close enough >to see the effect that Ron is describing. So perhaps the 20 keV is what is >supposed to get them close enough to tunnel, for example, if that is >something that is relied upon.
...so now, not only do two D nuclei need to get close to one another, they also need to be close to a Pd nucleus at the same time. I suspect that would reduce the chances by another factor 1000 at least. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
