One negative point to this idea I suppose is that if a pion is absorbed by a
nucleon pair in a nucleus the whole mass energy in the pion will be released so
if even a stationary pion was absorbed the final 2 nucleons in the pair will be
ejected with kinetic energy about 63 MeV each. I suppose it is difficult to see
how these nucleons would not generate gamma or neutrons on interaction with
other nuclei.
Also on the negative side: If a pion is implicated and needs to be generated
within a nucleus, i suppose if this is not from a high energy collision it
would need to be created in a nucleus with higher total binding energy than the
pion mass energy. This would be a medium weight nucleus so if we assume 8 MeV
binding energy per nucleon it would probably require a nucleus heavier than
Oxygen at least.
From: stephen_coo...@hotmail.com
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Subject: RE: [Vo]:MMDD .... Muon Mediated Deuteron Disintegration
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 16:16:09 +0200
'The amount of energy needed to create a free pion is large; the rest mass for
a pion is ~ 135 MeV'
Very true this is also true for the muon which has a rest mass for a pion is ~
106 MeV.
I'm not sure if muons can be generated without pions? muon pair production
would require even more energy.
The energy is also quite high compared to the binding energy of light Nuclei.
If I am right I think the laser produces much less thermal energy too.
It is difficult to imagine how either muons (or pions) can form with out some
kind of collective resonance effect or an additional high MeV energy source
such as sufficient energy from a high energy fusion event or more even
strangely a nucleon decay to mesons.
It will be interesting what Holmlids observations and explanations say, I'm
quite curious as you say he could well have another explanation.
From: eric.wal...@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 08:47:08 -0500
Subject: Re: [Vo]:MMDD .... Muon Mediated Deuteron Disintegration
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 2:21 AM, Stephen Cooke <stephen_coo...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
If any was produced we would need to balance this against those the energy
required for pion production.
The amount of energy needed to create a free pion is large; the rest mass for a
pion is ~ 135 MeV. Consider that the largest amount of energy typically
discussed in the context of cold fusion up to now has been ~ 24 MeV. Holmlid's
observations are likely to go back to something other than the generation of
pions.
Eric
