In reply to Jones Beene's message of Sat, 17 May 2014 16:39:46 -0700: Hi, [snip] >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] > >> I don't think Ed was necessarily claiming that the method of energy loss >was through conversion of electron mass. > > >Well Robin, he did say the energy in his theory was shed as photons. There >are only two possibilities for the source - electrons or nuclei.
Note that I said "electron mass", not "electrons". In short I think that your mention of electron mass conversion is a straw man. > >As far as I know, the nucleus sheds photons as gamma rays. > >AFAIK there is no apparent mechanism to shed photons from the nucleus at >less energy than gamma ... but this is a weekend and I may not be thinking >clearly. Tell me, is there any evidence in the literature of nuclei (not >atoms but nuclei) shedding energy in quanta below gamma rays? > >Jones > Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
