From: Edmund Storms
Jones, Hagelstein showed that this proposed reaction was not consistent with what is observed. We must also realize that Hagelstein is promoting his own theory which is not consistent with the rest of nuclear physics. As a result, Takahashi changed his explanation to claim that Be8 formed and dissipated most of the mass-energy as photons before it split into two alpha. Unfortunately, this additional required feature subtracts from the plausibility of the basic idea. Or else it improves it. Well in the end, it is no less plausible than your contention that a strong gamma can be dissipated completely in the form of low energy photons, and in fact TSC still does not have to deal with the strong disproportion of huge gamma, since the alphas are so massive compared to any photon. It's all about disproportion. Jones
