You would not need to overcome the Coulomb barrier if the electron-proton combination is bound together tightly. In that case the attraction that the electron sees is balanced by the repulsion afforded the proton. Perhaps a torque would be generated or some form of extreme tension would be applied to whatever type of bond exists between the two, especially if they formed some form of dipole spatial arrangement.
A neutron of course would behave in this manner, but so would a hydrino that is of low energy. One problem that needs to be understood is that Rossi insists that copper is his only transformed element and that would suggest that a proton is driven into the nickel nucleus and not an electron-proton pair. We will need to determine what happened to the energy associated with the electron in the pair and also why this reaction is not extremely common in the world. I tend to believe that a barrier does prevent the reaction from occurring at low temperatures, but that it might be subject to reduction by electron screening of some sort. Many questions remain to be answered. It perplexes me when I try to understand why there is no problem with gamma radiation. At this point in my understanding, I am not ready to accept the W&L explanation as they require too many miracles. I am inclined to believe that the only way to prevent the gammas from killing us all is for them to be suppressed from the beginning. Perhaps the dense nature of the nickel crystal substrate does allow phonon processes to absorb the released energy. One day it will seem obvious. Dave -----Original Message----- From: mixent <mix...@bigpond.com> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Tue, Jun 5, 2012 5:49 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:about Triumph Management (and LENR) In reply to David Roberson's message of Tue, 5 Jun 2012 11:24:41 -0400 (EDT): i, snip] I took a table of nuclides and performed a Energy difference between the ifferent nickel isotopes, plus associated proton and electron, and the daughter opper isotopes and compared the net released energy to the energy required to vercome the coulomb barrier. The most significant energy release which exceeds he barrier occurs when the Ni62 or You don't need any energy to overcome the Coulomb barrier, if the proton is ccompanied by an electron. egards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
