At 9:56 AM 8/19/4, Jed Rothwell wrote: >Horace Heffner writes: > > > The Letts effect is not merely due to the heat pulse (heating) from a laser. > >That's what I said.
On the contrary, 3:23 PM 8/17/4, Jed Rothwell wrote: >I think it has been known for some time that things like >laser light or a heat pulse will reliably trigger a reaction in a cathode >that is otherwise ready to go. I do not know whether a laser is >significantly better than the heat pulse, or tapping the cell, or >disturbing equilibrium some other way. Regards, Horace Heffner