From: Eric Walker
Quark mass does not have a value which can be agreed on, so
how can protons?
If I were a betting man, I would bet that the mass of a
proton can change, as well as that of a neutron. The reasoning goes like
this. An atomic nucleus is composed of protons and neutrons. Add a nucleon
to a light nucleus through proton or neutron capture, and sometimes you will
get an energy release through mass deficit. The mass-energy has to come
from somewhere …And Eric’s comment is base-level logic which does not even require QM or QCD - which only adds to the problem for those who want to believe that the proton is somehow quantized. (note: there could exist, on paper - an “ideal” proton state, somewhat akin to the Bohr atom, which can be quantized with great effort, but this is never seen in practice, where there is always substantial variation in average mass). BTW a recent Sci-Am blog (not by Mark Gibbs but from guest Joel Taylor) makes some very good observations that point directly to how LENR can be “nuclear” in a way - but have none of the traditional indicia of nuclear reactions (no gammas, neutrons or transmutation… well maybe a few). Taylor did not intend it this way (applicable to LENR), but it is most relevant to “Ni-H reactions without nuclear indicia”. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2013/02/26/the-quantum-coin-a -simple-look-at-the-two-state-quantum-system/ PRF – “proton reversible fusion” can be understood as a two state quantum system. It is much higher in probability than most quantum systems – but only in those circumstance where two protons are restrained by intense gravity, or by nano-cavities, to be in close proximity. The strong force is unrelenting. QCD is the key to understanding Ni-H gain, even if it has little relevance to Pd-D. Jones
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