From: Edmund Storms
SPP may be present and important to some phenomenon, but
they are very unlikely to have a role in initiating a nuclear reaction.
Whatever causes LENR must be able to overcome a significant Coulomb barrier
and at the same time dissipate MeV of energy. I see no way the SPP can do
this.
Well, Ed this thread started with consideration of the Cooper patent
application. Fig 1 of that patent describes an experiment, which is the essence of the entire disclosure really, in which a light source is the only power input and helium is seen as evidence of LENR. If the patent is accurate, SPP is the prime candidate to be the initiator of the reaction since obviously light photons alone are orders of magnitude too weak. As for the way this can happen, the electric fields of SPP are said to be rather massive. Possibly this relates to local superconductivity. This is actually a rather elegant hypothesis which is being championed by NASA. Helium has been criticized by some outspoken observers of D+D in Pd fusion as being too ubiquitous to be good evidence of LENR. Krivit has made his "reputation" promoting this POV. It is curious that you now seem to be siding with Krivit on the validity of this kind of evidence, at least as it would apply to Cooper's claim. If Cooper's helium detection was valid, then it would seem to warrant the same level of credibility as anyone else's - and possibly more, since the experiment is so simple and straightforward. Jones
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