In this particular situation I was referring to a feature of hot fusion reactions where the parts that fuse contain the necessary kinetic energy that is converted into potential energy as the nuclei come closer together. The source of the kinetic energy is temperature in the millions of degrees range and the reactants are in the form of plasma as a result. The high temperature also forces the plasma to be far less dense than a crystalline solid.
I recall that the density of atoms within a crystal is orders of magnitude more than within a hot plasma. This density information is available if you need a more accurate estimate but it will take a bit of effort to locate it. Perhaps one of the vorts will supply it from memory. My main reason for mentioning this factor is to suggest that the far larger number of protons per volume present within LENR devices would allow coupling between them that can not readily occur within a plasma. I believe that many of the unusual features of LENR devices would become evident if significant coupling of free protons is proven to occur within the crystal structure. If 100 or more protons work as a team, then I would estimate that as example a gamma ray with an energy of 8 MeV would instead distribute the energy into an average of 80 keV slices. My helpful demon indicates that the energy from a Rossi type proton addition reaction can be slowly absorbed if a force is available that retards the normal proton acceleration due to the strong force interaction. Remember that this is a hypothesis and the coupling between a significant number of protons has not been proven. Also, it needs to be shown that the gamma ray that is typically released at the moment that the proton enters the nucleus originates from the acceleration of that proton and not some other mechanism. It is well established that an accelerated charged particle releases electromagnetic radiation and therefore I would be surprised if none were to be emitted as the strong force grabs hold of the proton that has breached the coulomb barrier. There also should be radiation emission during the initial approach of the proton while it is under the influence of coulomb repulsion by the positively charged nucleus unless this process proceeds at a steady rate. I want to mention that my thoughts are based upon classical physics models and some quantum mechanics behavior might render them inoperable. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Eric Walker <eric.wal...@gmail.com> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Tue, Jun 26, 2012 10:24 pm Subject: [Vo]:Re: [Vo]:Re: [Vo]: Dave’s Demon and Radiation Free LENR On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 9:31 AM, David Roberson <dlrober...@aol.com> wrote: The density of the plasma is many times lower than in our LENR case so components are further apart by necessity. Could you clarify what you have in mind, here? Pons and Fleischmann initially thought that they were creating a system in which incredible pressure was being exerted upon the deuterium by the palladium lattice. I think the consensus now is that the effective pressure on deuterium and hydrogen loaded in a crystal like that is not actually all that much, and that the mechanism must be due to something other than the interstitial spacing of hydrogen between metal atoms. I actually like the idea of high pressure driving the reaction, but the pressure would not arise from loading. Eric
