On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Harry Veeder <[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks. Take your time, but it would be nice to read the source. > The headings that set out the three "miracles" in his book are (pp. 111-13): 1. Fusion-rate miracle 2. Branching-ratio miracle 3. Concealed-nuclear-products miracle He goes into further detail on each of these, and I do not see a succinct summary anywhere. For (1), he is referring to the problem of overcoming Coulomb repulsion. For (2), he's talking about how you'd have to significantly decrease the rate of the d+d→3He+p and d+d→t+n branches, which are normally ~50 percent each, and increase the d+d→4He+ɣ reaction, which is normally minuscule (on this point I think he's mistaken). For (3), he's concerned about missing gamma rays, among other things. Eric
