what would happen if hydrogen and/or deuterium were added to the mix? Harry
On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 9:02 PM, H Veeder <hveeder...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Although it is only a proposal, here is an example from 2011 involving > thorium. Note that the term "gamma-ray" in this context refers to the > nuclear origin of the ray rather than its frequency. In this case the > gamma-ray has a frequency in the optical range. Also notice that the > thorium isomer is located within a compound of Lithium. > > Proposed gamma-ray laser could emit 'nuclear light' > http://phys.org/news/2011-05-gamma-ray-laser-emit-nuclear.html > > Harry > > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 7:07 PM, Eric Walker <eric.wal...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I wrote: >> >> I did not intend the earlier description to preclude the possibility of >>> some kind of electromagnetic stimulation coming along and nudging the >>> isomer out of its excited level into a lower one. I'd be interested if >>> someone knows of something like this. >>> >> >> In the paper that Harry linked to [1], there was mention at the end of a >> claim in 1999 of being able to stimulate the 2.4 MeV decay of hafnium-178m2 >> with x-rays with less than 100 keV. This is a controversial result, for >> the energy needed to stimulate the transition is very low, and the result >> hasn't been confirmed yet. >> >> Eric >> >> >> [1] http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/469/1/fulltext.pdf >> >> >
