I almost took that as an honorable mention...
On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 12:29 AM, James Bowery <jabow...@gmail.com> wrote: > Axil, you speak with the authority of one who knows -- perhaps even more > so than ChemE. > > Does your authoritative knowledge shed light on an economical > demonstration of that knowledge? > > > On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 11:24 PM, Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Radioisotopes are not produced in LENR when the nucleus is suppressed >> (coulomb barrio screened) by magnetic fields, because these photons do not >> excite the nuclus like neutrons do. They carry no angular momentum or >> kinetic energy to excite the nucleus. >> >> >> On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 11:39 PM, Eric Walker <eric.wal...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 8:03 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>> These discussions about "suppressing" gamma rays and neutrons have been >>>> around since the beginning of cold fusion. >>>> >>> >>> It is true that some people in this thread have been arguing about the >>> suppression of MeV-range gammas. Like you say, this sounds pretty far-out. >>> Better not to have powerful gammas in the first place. What is more >>> interesting in the recent discussion is whether p+Ni fusion is ruled out by >>> the evidence, and that has been what has absorbed a lot of our attention. >>> If low-level penetrating radiation is not allowed (e.g., photons in the >>> keV range, some of which might be considered "gammas"), then p+Ni is >>> contraindicated, because everything we know about p+Ni says that it will >>> result in short-lived radioisotopes and associated emissions after it takes >>> place, for a period of hours or days. If low-level radiation is allowed, >>> then p+Ni is not necessarily ruled out. That is the heart of much of the >>> recent thread. >>> >>> Jones wants to say that there is no penetrating radiation whatsoever in >>> NiH. He no doubt has his reversible proton fusion in mind. Ed wants to >>> say that what low-level radiation there is above a very low threshold is >>> due to side channels (if I have understood him). He has his hydroton in >>> mind. I've argued that the evidence bears otherwise on both counts, and >>> that low-level penetrating radiation is both seen and is perhaps inherent >>> to NiH cold fusion and not due to a side channel. Although this discussion >>> might look like the usual discussion about MeV gammas, really it has been a >>> discussion about short-lived radioisotopes that follow upon whatever it is >>> that cold fusion consists of. So we've been having a discussion that is >>> different than the usual "gamma" discussion. Rossi's terminology confuses >>> things, because he appears to refer to all photons in his system as gammas. >>> >>> Eric >>> >>> >> >
