[Vo]:replacing feline LENR metaphor with an equine one , the far limit of negative

2016-01-15 Thread Peter Gluck
Dear Friends, I have finished this very late and I doubt somebody will like the editorial Plus a very angry document (the author is angry with Rossi) Hours slow, days are flying; verdict of history on the way: Is the horse flying too?

Re: [Vo]: A new metaphor for Peter regarding recent Ahern editorial--

2016-01-15 Thread Bob Cook
Old gripes make for sour grapes. Ahern’s gripes smell like sour grapes to me. It was suggested by Ahern “Levi was and is an embarrassment” with respect to the January 2011 Bologna test of Rossi’s reactor. I would point out that Levi was not embarrassed enough to avoid participation in the

[Vo]:Nuclear Isomers (2005 article in Nature)

2016-01-15 Thread H Veeder
Nuclear physics: Long live isomer research Excited quantum states in nature are normally extremely short-lived, and this certainly applies to most nuclei. But what makes the metastable nuclear states different? And how can we exploit them for useful applications? Introduction An isomer is an

Re: [Vo]:Nuclear Isomers (2005 article in Nature)

2016-01-15 Thread Eric Walker
The opinion piece says this: Finally, isomers play a significant role in determining the abundances of > the elements in the universe. In hot astrophysical environments, an > isomeric state can communicate with its ground state through thermal > excitations. This could alter significantly the