Robin, I think you have it right there. It would be just like the Mössbauer effect! Consider that the Ni62 is already bound to a lattice and virtual neutron's embedded electron is loosely coupled, the core of the (Ni62 or excited Cu63) would be the receiver/emitter of the energy. There would be no ballistic electrons. It would be one hot nuclei that could only dissipate it's energy to the lattice. There would be no gamma except when your VN hit a different type of isotope.
Gentlemen, I think we have a theory! I think I can now see how a Hot-Cat works! Cheers! On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 6:59 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > >
