Re: [Vo]:FYI: Does tritium hydride exhibit measurable spontaneous fusion via proton tunneling?

In reply to Jones Beene's message of Wed, 14 Aug 2013 20:49:58 -0700: Hi Jones, [snip] See http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1953PhRv...90..865W. The reaction is highly exothermic:- 1H+3H => 4He + 19.814 MeV + gamma It probably has a low cross section for hot fusion because the energy is disposed o

RE: [Vo]:FYI: Does tritium hydride exhibit measurable spontaneous fusion via proton tunneling?

-Original Message- From: mix...@bigpond.com In reply to Jones Beene's message of Wed, 14 Aug 2013 08:20:32 -0700: Hi, >First off, tritium hydride - even if proton tunneling were to occur, is >unlikely to fuse into helium at all unless it was part of a coincidental >beta decay. However,

Re: [Vo]:FYI: Does tritium hydride exhibit measurable spontaneous fusion via proton tunneling?

I wrote: It seems that the "tunneling" in this instance refers to a chemical rather > than a nuclear reaction. The "barrier" in this case would be for the > chemical reaction. If this is true, this paper is probably talking about > something more mundane than what we're interested in. > I see t

Re: [Vo]:FYI: Does tritium hydride exhibit measurable spontaneous fusion via proton tunneling?

In reply to Jones Beene's message of Wed, 14 Aug 2013 08:20:32 -0700: Hi, [snip] >First off, tritium hydride - even if proton tunneling were to occur, is >unlikely to fuse into helium at all unless it was part of a coincidental >beta decay. However, tritium deuteride would be a much better candida

Re: [Vo]:FYI: Does tritium hydride exhibit measurable spontaneous fusion via proton tunneling?

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 5:11 AM, Alain Sepeda wrote: Accelerated chemistry in the reaction between the hydroxyl radical and > methanol at interstellar temperatures facilitated by tunnelling > Robin J. Shannon, Mark A. Blitz, Andrew Goddard & Dwayne E. Heard > http://www.nature.com/nchem/journal/va

RE: [Vo]:FYI: Does tritium hydride exhibit measurable spontaneous fusion via proton tunneling?

From: Alain Sepeda Does tritium hydride exhibit measurable spontaneous fusion via proton tunneling? http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/73899/does-tritium-hydride-exhibi t-measurable-spontaneous-fusion-via-proton-tunneling First off, tritium hydride - even if proton tunneling were to o

[Vo]:FYI: Does tritium hydride exhibit measurable spontaneous fusion via proton tunneling?

does anybody here have heard of that question. I don't find it in the archive, so maybe it is new here. Does tritium hydride exhibit measurable spontaneous fusion via proton tunneling? http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/73899/does-tritium-hydride-exhibit-measurable-spontaneous-fusion-via-