*"IOW the Copper nucleus simply pops into being in an excited state"*
Some insight can be gleened from the Piantelli cloud chamber experiment about some of the quantum mechanics of the cold fusion transmutation of nickel into copper. In this experiment, Piantelli removes one of his nickel rods from his reactor and places into in a cloud chamber. This operation must have had to take an extended period of time assuming the reactor is cooled down enough to be disassembled. This means that the release of 6 MeV of cold fusion reaction energy derived from the binding force of nickel after it is transmuted into copper of a high energy proton takes a macroscopic amount of time: taking from minutes to hours. What supports this delay? This long delay in the relaxation of the excited nickel nucleus means that after the double proton has entered into the nickel nucleus, the nickel retains its atomic number; it remains nickel even though there is many additional protons resident inside the nickel nucleus. Let us consider Quantum superposition. Quantum superposition is a fundamental principle of quantum mechanics. It holds that a physical system — such as a nucleus—can exist partly in all its particular, theoretically possible states (or, configuration of its properties) simultaneously; but, when measured, it gives a result corresponding to only one of the possible configurations (as described in interpretation of quantum mechanics). The excited nickel nuclus is both nickel and copper at the same time. The principle of quantum superposition states that if a physical system: i.e. an arrangement of subatomic particles or fields may be in some configuration and if the system could also be in another configuration, then it is in a state which is a superposition of the two, where the probability of each configuration that is in the superposition is specified by a complex number. Erwin Schrödinger explained this concept through his famous thought experiment “Schrödinger's cat” The thought experiment is also often featured in theoretical discussions of the interpretation of quantum mechanics. In the course of developing this experiment, Schrödinger coined the term Verschränkung (entanglement). Because the proton is delayed in its exit from the nickel nucleus, this proves that a entangled proton pair enters into this nucleus because just like in the thought experiment “Schrödinger's cat” the proton pair infects the larger system: this nickel nucleus with proton entanglement. On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 6:40 PM, <mix...@bigpond.com> wrote: > In reply to David Roberson's message of Tue, 26 Jun 2012 03:12:00 -0400 > (EDT): > Hi, > [snip] > >There most likely is some energy emitted but nothing as compared to the > rapid acceleration due to the strong force. > > BTW there may not be any acceleration at all. I don't think the actual > physical > phenomenon of tunneling is well understood. Perhaps the proton actually > passes > through a microscopic worm hole to get to the nucleus, in which case there > is no > acceleration, it just arrives at it's destination "spontaneously", where it > feels forces appropriate to it's environment. IOW the Copper nucleus > simply pops > into being in an excited state. > > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html > >
