On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 9:05 AM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> D+D + muon → helium-4 + muon (instead of gamma) > > … where the fist muon can be a cosmic muon which can catalyze a reaction > and then be rejuvenated, renewed or replaced by the same fusion reaction > that it catalyzes. > > The muon is a “heavy electron” with a short life, but now we can surmise > that it can have its lifetime greatly extended as part of the catalysis. The > probability for this to occur is larger than zero, but how large? … “Maybe > it’s pretty high” says Byrnes. Can it explain the lack of gamma, as well? > Probably. > But now, as we are learning – this rebirth effect will be more robust > with SPP and fractional hydrogen. > A muon could possibly carry away as kinetic energy the energy that would otherwise go to a gamma. But if we're talking about a single muon, how do you propose that the spin of the missing photon is conserved? Eric