Eric, there seems to be confusion about how energy is measured and how
it is applied. Let's say that the electron identified as a k shell is
removed by adding 20 keV. The source of this energy is not important.
I assumed it resulted from electron bombardment and you assume it
comes from photon bombardment. In either case, the deuteron does not
move. The energy goes into the electron that is ejected well away
from the atom. When it returns, a 20 keV photon is emitted. This
process only involves the electron. The process is well known and not
a subject for debate. The 20 keV energy is only relative to the
electron state in the atom compared to the electron at infinity.
For fission to occur, the deuteron MUST acquire this energy as kinetic
energy, which this process does not accomplish. This being a fact, I
assumed Maimon was proposing that the process affected the barrier
because otherwise the idea is nonsense.
As for what happens next, a fusion reaction MUST get rid of the energy
in a way that is consistent with conservation of momentum. This
process seems not to be understood by several of people who are
discussing the idea. The mechanism proposed by Maimon has only one way
to do this, i.e. by the hot fusion process.
Basic and known laws must be followed. It is not enough just to assume
certain things happen. Either the energy is dissipated as fragments of
He (hot fusion) or as a new process that leaves the He without any
energy in any form, neither kinetic or that released by gamma
emission. Maimon does not address this issue, he just makes an
assumption.
Ed
On Feb 11, 2013, at 7:51 PM, Eric Walker wrote:
The Maimon theory ignores several facts.
I'm trying to gather as much feedback on Ron's theory as I can, so
that I can get his comments. If you see anything, please mention
it; I'll include the objections in a followup blog post.
He proposes that the energy applied to remove an electron from Pd
can be used to lower the Coulomb barrier.
To my knowledge, he's not proposing a lowering of the Coulomb
barrier. He's using the Auger process to efficiently convert energy
from 20 keV x-rays and ejected K-shell electrons to nearby
deuterons. The deuterons then have 20 keV of energy, which is close
to the optimal for the d+d fusion cross section in a beam of
deuterons, without any lowering of the Coulomb barrier. He is not
proposing a process typical of "hot fusion," however -- the
byproducts are relatively benign and largely involve heat, x-rays
and 4He.
I have written up a followup post [1], which discusses some
difficulties which were raised in a previous set of vortex-l
threads. Please take a look at the post and mention any
difficulties that go beyond what has already been included there.
Eric
[1] http://rolling-balance.blogspot.com/2013/02/ron-maimons-theory-2.html
