I agree. That is along the lines of what I was thinking since the linear momentum appears to encourage that to happen. The angle of the cone shape is not quite so easy to determine as far as I know.
Are you aware of a method that can be used to establish the expected cone opening angle if the effect is due to particle interaction? Here I am interchanging heat for kinetic energy of a particle that is being ejected. I do not think that extremely energetic particles are being released since they would be easy to detect. Perhaps the helium or other ash of the fusion event is ejected with only a fraction of the total energy at the conclusion of a reaction such as Ed's. If most of the energy escaped as photons and only a smaller portion escaped with the fusion product, then all we need is enough initial energy in the particle to overcome the losses it encounters along its path as it seeks additional NAE sites to trigger. If instead of a direct trigger by impact of the lower energy particle we depend upon the instantaneous elevated kinetic energy absorbed by the nearby sites then it is important to understand why the momentum continues in the same general direction for new reactions. It appears as if the momentum from the projectile particle is in the correct direction, so the reactions of the NAE sites appear to follow its lead. We know that laser emissions are in sync with the incoming wave front, so perhaps this is true for other systems. This concept need to be fleshed out. Dave -----Original Message----- From: mixent <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:00 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Explaining Cold fusion -IV In reply to David Roberson's message of Sun, 24 Feb 2013 16:26:49 -0500 (EST): Hi, [snip] >The local heat energy release is large and can not escape the area except through diffusion which is a slow process compared to the reaction time associated with nuclear effects. If the energy is released in the form of a fast particle, then it does not have to depend on diffusion. A fast particle will rip through a lattice at high speed, leaving a trail of ionized atoms in it's wake. Note that if this fast particle then goes on to trigger other fusion reactions, which also create fast particles, then you get a branching effect, the debris of which looks like an inverted cone. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
