Jones, bremsstrahlung or "slowing down radiation" is not produced by photons. This is generated by energetic electrons or particles such as alpha emission. LENR produces neither kind of radiation. Therefore, bremsstrahlung is not an issue because all the mass-energy is dissipated as photons. The only question is how this happens. I have proposed a mechanism. The only issue is whether this mechanism is plausible and consistent will all the other observations.
Ed Storms On Mar 5, 2014, at 12:04 PM, Jones Beene wrote: > From: Bob Cook > > There are nuclear events that occur without emission of gammas. The decay of > Ni-59 is an example. What's different in Ni-59 with respect to most other > radioactive decay? > > Bob - It is not gammas alone which are absent in LENR - but gammas and > bremsstrahlung… which of course is lower energy - x-ray level and EUV but > still measurable. > > In these posts - we do not always type in both words in every post - since > the latter is so damn hard to spell, but when you have one MeV in excess > energy - as does Ni-59, you should have measurable radiation and especially > when the reactor is opened, it will be noticed due to the rather long > half-life. > > However, of all the possible novel Ni-H reactions which could be proposed – a > QM variation on this one would be a decent fit – as EC would be easier to > hide. Substantial cobalt in the ash – instead of copper - would be proof. > > One could imagine a DDL of the H atom using its reduced electron orbital to > tunnel into Ni-58, taking the nucleus to Ni-59 in an energy-deficient way if > the spin problem can be dealt with, as if it were an energy-deficient > neutron, and having only about 100-200 keV of excess energy which would > almost fit the Rossi evidence if the half-life was reduced. The amount of > cobalt which should be in the ash is predictable. Is it there? > >
