Axil, Good find! Another perplexing result. The full text preprint is available at -
"Observation of neutron bursts produced by laboratory high-voltage atmospheric discharge" http://arxiv.org/pdf/1304.2521.pdf BTW, the discharge tube is only one meter long. Here is the abstract and conclusion: ABSTRACT: Data on the observation of neutron bursts in the process of high-voltage discharge in the air at an average electric field strength 1 MV/m and discharge current 10 kA are presented. Two independent methods(CR-39 track detectors and plastic scintillation detectors) registered neutrons within the range from thermal energies up to the energies above 10 MeV with the flux of > 10^6 neutrons per shot into 4*PI solid angle. CONCLUSION: Two independent methods (track detector CR-39 and the detector on the basis of plastic scintillators with PMT) have revealed that in the process of a high-voltage discharge in the air the neutrons are emitted in a wide energy range (from thermal up to the energies greater than 10 MeV) with the intensity of > 10^6 neutrons per shot into 4*PI solid angle. The obtained data allows one to assume that during the discharge the fast neutrons are produced, and their generation occurs at the initial phase of the discharge and is correlated with the generation of X-ray radiation. To explain the mechanism of the observed emission of neutrons and clarify the location of their source one needs additional experiments. -- Lou Pagnucco Axil^2 wrote: > http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.115003 > > > Neutron Bursts in Lab Lightning > > "nuclear reactions occur in lightning. However, physicists have been > unable > to identify which reactions" > > ..."which process initiates the discharge is still a matter of debate" > > We here at vortex know that LENR is an electromagnetic based reaction. > > "The neutron flux fell off more slowly than the inverse distance squared > (1/ > r 2 ), implying that the neutrons originate from an extended region, > rather than a localized point. " > > > Whenever the electric flow is favorable(vortex circulation), LENR will > occur. > > By the way, transmutation also happens in lightning. >
