Going in reverse order,
Horace Heffner wrote:
If it hasn't been done already, it seems to me of at least academic
interest to measure the neutron absorption cross section in loaded Pd
foil over a range of very low neutron energies. Slow neutrons should be
magnetically attracted to, and thus ultimately fused to, adsorbed H
nuclei at thermal energy levels. The cross section should be huge.
Agreed ...yet one should not forget that the neutron itself is diamagnetic.
Edmund Storms wrote:
> I'm surprised, Jones, that the Widom/Larsen theory is even being
> considered. This theory has some serious faults that have not been
> addressed by the authors I summarize a few below which are extracted
> from a recent paper of mine.
Well, I should have mentioned your concerns - but did not have time to
do a thorough posting. And - you will have to admit that W/L is getting
plenty of press/exposure of late, thanks to SPAWARS; plus the
endorsement of Miley (apparently) doesn't hurt either.
I agree that (like all other theories) this one has many problems yet to
be answered; and Horace's suggestion would be a good start - but at
least the first problem which you mention is the one which is better
answered by the Mills' hydrino/deuterino or 'below ground state' model;
where a 'virtual' and very low energy neutron or dineutron results, as
the case may be - after the heat energy (in the EUV range) has already
been shed. IMHO, they screwed up big-time on that detail.
Of course, to complicate the situation - there are obviously many things
going-on in the various experiments and no single theory will ever work
for all of them. Your experiments tend to show that there is enoguh
Helium to account for all of the OU whereas Karabut is showing 1000 time
less than necessary.
Undoubtedly, in many experiments there is at least some D+D fusion. The
big-picture appears to be one of those situations where Ockham is out to
lunch (or in the barbers shop) - and there is NO simple answer but
instead many overlapping, messy and very complicated answers. Probably
another reason why the mainstream would rather not deal with it at all.
Jones
