----- Original Message ----
> From: Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net>
> To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
> Sent: Wed, March 24, 2010 4:41:29 PM
> Subject: RE: [Vo]:Request for "fusion" definition
>
> -----Original Message-----
From: Harry Veeder
> I think nuclear
> physicists reserve the term fusion for interactions
involving the strong
> nuclear force, and the terms fission and neutron
absorption are terms
> reserved for interactions involving the electro-weak
force.
Harry,
> the electroweak is also involved in fusion, so that cannot be a
> major
determinant.
Oh. I should not have weighed in on this discussion.
:P
A primer on strong forces:
http://www.vias.org/physics/bk4_03_04.html
(Everything I mentioned utilizes the strong force)
and weak forces:
http://www.vias.org/physics/bk4_03_05.html
Harry
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