JED AND ANDREW--
>From 1989 on I considered that the absence of neutrons in LENR indicated >there was no linear momentum involved in the reaction. Only rotational energy and related angular momentum was involved IN LENR. Furthermore. a significant new energy seen as atomic phonic heat was apparent . Did the entangled metallic Pd grain merely give up nuclear spin energy to the [spin state of the Pd atomic electrons? Per the First and Second laws of TD this reaction should occur if entropie increases. since the kinetic (spin) energy is less Bob From: Andrew Meulenberg<mailto:mules...@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2023 11:45 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com<mailto:vortex-l@eskimo.com>; Andrew Meulenberg<mailto:mules...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Vo]:ARPA-E announces funding for 8 cold fusion projects Jed, Do we get a chance to see what other projects were proposed (at least titles)? It may be that these eight were the best of a poor selection. On Sun, Feb 19, 2023 at 10:04 AM Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com<mailto:jedrothw...@gmail.com>> wrote: I put this DoE announcement in the LENR-CANR.org News section. Today I added this somewhat pessimistic note: Some cold fusion researchers feel that these eight projects were poorly chosen. The goals are framed as if cold fusion is the same as plasma fusion. People made this mistake in 1989. For example, several projects focus on neutrons. The first one says, “University of Michigan will provide capability to measure hypothetical neutron, gamma, and ion emissions from LENR experiments.” Some cold fusion experiments have produced neutrons, but most do not. It seems likely that neutrons are a secondary effect with a prosaic cause such as fractofusion, rather than being a primary signature of the reaction. Excess heat correlated with helium, or tritium production, can occur without neutrons, so looking for neutrons is not a fruitful way to detect or analyze a cold fusion reaction.
