Edmund Storms wrote:
Horace Heffner wrote:
Sorry for the delay in responding. Time seems to be in short supply
of late.
On Jan 2, 2008, at 8:00 AM, Edmund Storms wrote:
Jones, the Widom-Larsen theory is not only inconsistent with normal
physics but it is also inconsistent with what has been observed in
cold fusion.
It makes the following unsupported assumptions:
1. Energy can be transferred to an electron from a low energy
environment causing the mass of the electron to increase. This
requires energy to go uphill and this process has never before been
observed in normal physics.
I think electrons can gain energies (with some finite probability of
a very high energy state that is) from environmental (i.e. chemical)
conditions. Orbital electrons can gain energy from the environment
through orbital modifying mechanisms. Electrons gain mass from
increased velocity, i.e. m = m0*gamma. Relativistic orbitals do
exist, where gamma is significant. Not all orbitals, even proton
orbitals, are spherically symmetric near the nucleus, as we
typically visualize them, with probability density being smaller the
closer to the nucleus. In some molecules, or even lone hydrogen
atoms, orbital states can exist in which the electron plunges deep
toward, and periodically (or with some probability), even into the
nucleus. It is only by virtue of the fact orbital electrons can and
do enter the nucleus that electron capture occurs. Further, the
electron capture rate for heavy nuclei has been demonstrated to be
affected by the chemical (electron orbital) environment. Chemically
assisted nuclear reactions are a proven reality. See:
I was really impressed with the above paragraph. I'm wondering about
this gamma is? Is there some way to manage this Gamma?
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