In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:47:56 -0500: Hi, [snip] >This last paper has some evidence that the domains in which cold >fusion occurs are superconducting. There have been hints of this in >the past, notably the proton conductor experiments done by Mizuno and >Oriani, using high temperature superconducting compounds. Hydrides >are superconductors at cryogenic temperatures. Perhaps the ultra-high >loaded deuterides used in cold fusion are high-temperature >superconductors, over microscopic domains. > I suggested years ago on this list, that such a microscopic superconducting domain would tend to concentrate the current locally. If for some reason it ceases to be superconducting (e.g. magnetic field strength gets too high), then the collapse of the local magnetic field could accelerate particles to energies high enough for fusion to occur ( V = - L di/dt). di/dt can be very large when a superconductor reverts to normal conductivity. The energy stored in the collapsing magnetic field is transferred to the particles as kinetic energy. Regards,
Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
