Interesting thought. Are you suggesting the energy could be supplied by a reduction in collective electron spin? - i.e., by raising collective e-spin entropy?
Terry Blanton wrote: > On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 5:50 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> BTW there is no potential barrier here. The proton and the electron >> carry >> opposite charges, so they are attracted to one another, rather than >> repelled. >> What is missing is sufficient mass to form a neutron. This can however >> be >> overcome if the mass difference is supplied in the form kinetic energy. > > How does the required energy compare to the spin momentum of the electron?
