Robin,
It's been a long time since I looked at it, but a bare, high kinetic
energy e-p collision (not just a "coulombic deflection") can emit an
unpredictable variety of subatomic particle sprays which must, of course,
satisfy all conservation laws.
An e-p collision involving collective electric or magnetic forces may be
quite different. If we just use Newtonian physics and view an electron
as a classical charged particle traveling in a ballistic current, or in
an arc, its kinetic energy ("KE") may be well below 782 keV, but the
magnetic field it couples to can possess enormous momentum, allowing it
to surmount potential barriers greater than KE.
A mechanical analogy:
A basketball must surmount the gravitational barrier of a 1m high ramp.
If its initial kinetic energy is equivalent to the barrier's potential
energy "g X 1[m]"(g = gravit const), it rolls up and over.
However, a suffiently strong constant wind can push it over the ramp,
even if the ball never reaches a speed of "g X 1[m]".
I believe that a classical electron encountering a barrier in an intense
current slows and receives continual coulombic and magnetic momentum
"kicks" similar to having a strong wind at its back.
My guess (and it is only that) is that bare e-p collisions cannot produce
the thunderstorm results.
Cheers,
Lou Pagnucco
Mixent wrote:
> In reply to [email protected]'s message of Sat, 16 Mar 2013
> 19:09:49
> -0400 (EDT):
> Hi,
> [snip]
>>
>>I could be mistaken, but I think that e-p free space bare collisions
>>over 782 keV will result in all kinds of subatomic particle shards and
>>debris, but seldom in a single neutron.
>>
>
> What sort of shards do you expect from a proton and an electron?
> Bremsstrahlung
> probably, but I can't imagine what shards there might be.
>
> However I agree with you that neutron formation would probably be rare.
> The
> question is, would it be common enough to explain the results?
>
> Regards,
>
> Robin van Spaandonk
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