On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 11:22 PM, <mix...@bigpond.com> wrote: > In reply to H Veeder's message of Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:11:24 -0400: > Hi, > [snip] > >How many well known collisions produce outgoing particles who kinetic > >energy is approx. 100 times that of the incoming particles? > > > >Can it be compared with known collisions? > > > >Harry > > It can only happen when energy is released somehow. Presumably this (and > the > back side measurement) is why the authors thought it worth reporting in the > first place. > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html > > Yes.
If the energy incoming particles were focused to arrive at the same time at the same place it might result in hot fusion as one sees in inertial confinement fusion. However, since the apparent energy release stems from incoming particles arriving in a stream it may be an anomalous nuclear effect. (ANE - another name for CF ;-) ) Until an effort is made to detect particle emissions in every direction, I don't think it is significant that high energy particles were detected leaving the backside of the foil. In my mind the most intriguing observation is the production of high energy particles. However, I believe Ed Storms said he is going to explain this apparent anomaly with conventional nuclear physics at ICCF 18 so we shouldn't get excited that it is evidence of an anomalous nuclear effect. Harry
