Bob,
In general- the conclusion is that DDLs should operate to enhance fusion due to proximity effects, would only be valid if they formed as molecular pairs correct? Apparently, since we do not see gammas which would indicate fusion, the DDL does not form as pairs, and is only an atomic species which is relatively neutral (no net charge). Two DDDLs would therefore be less likely to fuse than a deuterium molecule, since the electrons are so tightly bound and are now relativistic, which although that velocity raises the mass – it severely reduces the time constant (should there be something equivalent to a Lawson criteria involved, where the “confinement time” only relates to the time when a single electron is a correct position and the other electron is also in the correct 180 degree shift). As you mention there is little possibility of actual charge screening, as with negatively charged muons, which are slow comparatively, since the DDL are not charged; but we can agree that if DDL could form as molecules, then especially DT fusion would be certainly be likely, since the threshold is so low but only if one electron is lost an not the other. Aside from that – the main problem I have with Mizuno’s new work in particular is what you suggested earlier – how can DDLs, with high IP, show up as mass-2 in a mass spec? By focusing on that one issue - there is actually an emerging answer, but it needs more vetting - with input from Clean Planet, if they will provide it. At his point in time, an appraisal of the status of the entire field of LENR would indicate to me that until the TIP2 comes out, there is nothing in the past 24 years which is relevant to explore - other than Mizuno. It is far and away the most important experiment in the field going back to 1989. If the DDL explains this reaction, then everything for the future is understood and we can write-off most of what happened from 1989-2013 as “chasing one’s tail” and measurement error (as far as the helium-4 is concerned). The new Mizuno work is that important. Jones
