In reply to Jones Beene's message of Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:48:17 -0700: Hi, [snip] >If the excess were lower >- in the range of what a beta decay "would have been with a real neutron" >instead of a VN, everything would be dandy.
A real neutron also leaves too much energy to account for:- n + 62Ni => 63Ni + 6.84 MeV Furthermore, in this case there is no electron to carry the energy, so it can only exit as gamma rays, which have not been detected, or possibly distributed throughout the mass of Ni via some other means.... Which brings me back to the Mössbauer effect. It is claimed that the entire lattice absorbs the "kick back" from the emission of the gamma photon, however I wonder if there is anyway to distinguish this from the situation where the nucleus in question concurrently receives a push from a random phonon that just happens to precisely compensate for the kick back from the photon. If the latter is ruled out, then precisely what is the physical mechanism that allows the momentum to be shared by the entire lattice concurrently? Taking this one step further, what if LENR reactions make use of this purported mechanism to transfer momentum to two opposing halves of the lattice, pushing each half in the opposite direction? Thus momentum is transferred to the entire lattice, and the energy is distributed equally across all atoms concurrently, since each atom is slightly displaced. In short the energy is as it were stored in billions of tiny springs all at once. When these springs "unwind", the energy is converted to heat, already distributed throughout the lattice. (Lattice in this context may only be a single crystal within the metal, or perhaps even only a single row of atoms within a crystal.) Note that such a mechanism would allow pure fusion (as opposed to a fusion/fission reaction), without emission of any particles, or ionizing radiation of any kind. > >If you like the VN possibility - then chose your second miracle: >mass-depleted proton or neutrino... ...or energetic electron, or Mössbauer effect(?) Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
