I wonder if they used GeV muons in these tests or a lower energy source?
> On 29 okt. 2015, at 19:06, Bob Cook <frobertc...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Jones noted: > >However (and I do not have a citation) this premise was apparently tested > >many years ago, and found not to be accurate. Apparently Pd-D cold fusion > >does not benefit from higher muon flux. That could mean many things – > >including the lack of deuteron fusion as the relevant explanation for excess > >heat.> > > It may also mean that the testing that looked at the Pd-D system and muon > flux did not include the correct magnetic field and resonant conditions that > were present in the P-F testing. Muon flux polarization may be important > when interacting with two D inside a FCC lattice position in Pd with its B > field. > > Bob > > From: Stephen Cooke > > I meant "encounter a 1 GeV muon" but neutrino encounters (with possibly even > higher Energy) might also be potentially interesting if they can occur. > > > Would Rydberg Matter or UDD be more sensitive to muons from cosmic rays or > > may be even neutrinos? Than ordinary matter? > > > > Cosmic ray muons have can have high energy for example there are 10000 1 > > GeV muons per sq meter per second. Their interaction with ordinary matter > > is very low. I think this has been discussed before but I wonder if there > > is a higher cross section with Rydberg matter. > > > > What is the surface area of the Rydberg matter > > > > 10000 per sq m /s is I think about 864 per sq mm per day, which implies if > > that if Rydberg matter or UDD is a few 10s micrometers in size it should > > encounter a neutrino about daily on average. > > > > The rest would depend on the probability of an encounter actually reacting > > with the matter,I suppose relativistic effects on the wave functions would > > also be important at these energies. > > > > I guess this has come up before so if you have a link let me know.
