electrons cannot be converted to something that contain quarks. this violates the conservation of both lepton and baryon number. This reaction might therefore be forbidden as a violation of particle conservation laws.
On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Bob Higgins <rj.bob.higg...@gmail.com> wrote: > I believe the thinking is that the fusion of DDL atoms begins with the > formation of a DDL "pico-molecule". Meulenberg then proposes that the two > electrons in combination (his Lochon) are involved in the fusion. When > fusion would occur, the electrons are so close to the nucleus that they are > highly coupled to the nucleus. So, an intermediate DDL He could form, but > as part of the de-excitation of the nucleus, energy could be coupled from > the nucleus to an electron to move it back to ground state (uses up ~511 > keV) or completely ionize the atom by coupling more energy to the electron > than is required to restore it to a ground state orbit. The fusion > mechanics of such a "pico-molecule" are not very clear. Meulenberg has a > paper entitled, "From the Naught Orbit to the 4He Excited State" that you > might find interesting. > > This business of DDL atoms other than hydrogen seems kind of fishy. An > electron would have to descend from an s orbital to a DDL state that would > be in a new orbital. 2 electrons in an s orbital are synchronized - it > seems like this would have to be lost when an electron descends into a DDL > state in a closer orbital. Somehow in the process of the electron giving > up energy to enter the DDL state, that energy would have to be given to the > other electrons. That energy is so great as to completely ionize the atom > for small atomic number. I can't quite wrap my head around how this can > happen. > > Bob Higgins > > > On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 10:30 AM, H Veeder <hveeder...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Also if two DDL hydrogens fuse is the product a DDL helium? >> If they do then the product would tend to look like tritium. >> >> Harry >> >