Horace: Thanks for commenting on the info I sent... I know your 'play-time' is very limited.
I'm also quite busy and can only contribute to vortex by posting potential info that you theoretical gurus might be able to use... Perhaps in the future I could help in a more direct way, but for now, it's limited to supplying 'Food for Thought'. Steamy Regards, :-) -Mark -----Original Message----- From: Horace Heffner [mailto:hheff...@mtaonline.net] Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 3:10 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Rossi comments on Cu isotope ratios; 100-300keV seen. On Apr 12, 2011, at 8:59 AM, Mark Iverson wrote: > I don't think this was mentioned yet... > Apparently they have seen energetic particles of 100-300keV. > The following excerpt from one of the Ny Teknik Q&A sessions with > Rossi... > > Rossi: No radioactivity has been found in the residual metals, it is > true, but the day after the stop of the operation. In any case you are > right, if 59-Cu is formed from 58-Ni we should have the couples of 511 > keV at 180° and we never found them, while we found keV in the range > of 100-300 keV. > > -Mark Hi Mark, I feel certain that Rossi here is talking about gammas. The "couples 511 keV at 180°" are the positron-electron annihilation gammas. It is of possible interest that Cu61 (half life 3.35 hours) can emit a 283 keV gamma, but also normally emits a 656 keV gamma. I suppose it is possible a very small percentage of Cu61 could have be excited to a 283 keV isomeric state. There is so little to go on as to what happens when a de-energized nucleus is created. The lack of the normally seen 656 keV gamma might be explained by the high degree of de-energization. There is a substantial energy deficit associated with the reaction: 60Ni28 + p* --> 61Cu29 * + 4.801 MeV [-4.840 MeV] It is also notable that Zn60 (half life 2,4 minutes) can emit gammas in that range, associated with electron capture: 58Ni28 + 2 p* --> 60Zn30 * + 8.538 MeV [-11.541 MeV] --> 60Ni28 + 2 neutrinos + ~7 MeV It is important to keep in mind that the energy deficits are stochastic values, and could have trace occurrences out on the cusp. The lack of positron emission is not at all surprising, at least not within the perspective of deflation fusion. Positron emission should be suppressed by a very short half life of electrons. It is a mystery to me as to why gamma emission could be so delayed. Best regards, Horace Heffner http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
