On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 6:56 AM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote:
This was not "leaked." Essen gave a copy to someone who uploaded it with > permission. (I think it was Mats Lewan.) This has been submitted to arXiv > but it has been delayed for unknown reasons. > Physics has fallen into a low estate if this group are not able to get a preprint up on arXiv. When I saw the list of authors and the abstract, I had a feeling both of excitement and keen disappointment. Excitement, because the report will no doubt have some very interesting information. Disappointment, because it will do little to sway scientific opinion (I can say this without having read it yet). The authors are more or less the same as the ones before; they continued to use the controversial calorimetry that engineers are happy with but which physicists seem to find out of the pale; and the run was only for a month duration rather than six months. So the report, whatever it says, will be very useful for advancing knowledge and nearly useless for swaying public scientific opinion. There are no doubt many fair-minded scientists who will look past any distractions and discretely try to glean something from the writeup. I'm looking forward to reading it. Eric
