the wiki page on lightning says the temperature of lightning (about 50 000 K) is too low for existing theory to explain the production of x-rays.
Harry On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 12:07 AM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > Eric,**** > > ** ** > > Since a typical lightning strike is a gigavolt in potential … with 10 to > 20 kilo-amps of current what is the reason to invoke LENR to explain > neutrons? These input parameters are more energetic than a tokomak.**** > > ** ** > > In fact, this abstract indicates that fast neutrons are detected over 10 > MeV. That finding almost certainly eliminates LENR as the source, since the > fastest neutrons ever documented in cold fusion are under 3.5 MeV, which is > the expected spectrum for deuterium fusion.**** > > ** ** > > Jones**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Eric Walker **** > > ** ** > > It's pretty cool that these authors have gotten a LENR-ish paper into > Physical Review Letters in 2013. I suspect this paper should be understood > to be in the line of LENR papers, proper, rather than that of an outside > group looking at something akin to LENR. At least two of the authors, for > example, appear to be mentioned in connection with ICCF-15 [1]:**** > > ** ** > > A.S. Roussetski, M.N. Negodaev, A.G. Lipson - Multifunctional Ion Beam > Installation “HELIS” as a New Instrument for Advanced LENR Research**** > > ** ** > > The initials for Negedoaev differ slightly between the above reference and > the author of the Physical Review Letters paper, and "Roussetski" is > spelled "Rusetskiy," but I suspect in the first case there is a typo > somewhere and in the second case it is a difference of transliteration from > the Russian. Roussetski has been involved in cold fusion research for many > years. **** > > ** ** > > Eric**** > > ** ** > > ** ** >
