Robin, If you haven't already read the following reference, it may be relevant-
"Highly localized quantum elastic processes in solids" http://www.lacrimae-rerum.it/documents/Highlylocalizedquantumelasticprocessesinsolids.pdf - which discusses (p.281) the apparent conflict between relativistic causality and the Mossbauer effect. Also - "Physical discussion of the Mossbauer effect" http://www.lacrimae-rerum.it/documents/PhysicaldiscussionoftheMossbauereffect.pdf -- Lou Pagnucco mixent 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 > > >
