It doesn't rule out. They just find lower neutron production rates, which are merely 200x smaller.
2012/10/2 Gigi DiMarco <gdmgdms...@gmail.com> > The following paper: > > Low Energy Neutron Production by Inverse-beta decay in Metallic Hydride > Surfaces > S. Ciuchi <http://arxiv.org/find/nucl-th/1/au:+Ciuchi_S/0/1/0/all/0/1>, L. > Maiani <http://arxiv.org/find/nucl-th/1/au:+Maiani_L/0/1/0/all/0/1>, A. > D. Polosa <http://arxiv.org/find/nucl-th/1/au:+Polosa_A/0/1/0/all/0/1>, V. > Riquer <http://arxiv.org/find/nucl-th/1/au:+Riquer_V/0/1/0/all/0/1>, G. > Ruocco <http://arxiv.org/find/nucl-th/1/au:+Ruocco_G/0/1/0/all/0/1>, M. > Vignati <http://arxiv.org/find/nucl-th/1/au:+Vignati_M/0/1/0/all/0/1> > > has just been uploaded to ArXiv > > http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.6501 > > The paper addresses the WLT as presented by Widom, Larsen and Srivastava > in peer-reviewed journals and presents very strong objections to the theory > that can be summarized as: > > It has been recently argued that inverse-beta nuclear transmutations might > occur at an impressively high rate in a thin layer at the metallic hydride > surface under specific conditions. In this note we present a calculation of > the transmutation rate which shows that there is little room for such a > remarkable effect. > > It is worthwhile to say that some of the authors are preminent scientists. > > Luciano Maiani is a San Marino citizen physicist best known for his > prediction of the charm quark with Sheldon Lee Glashow and John Iliopoulos. > He became Director General of CERN, serving from 1 January 1999 through the > end of 2003. Moreover, he is the past-President of the Italian National > Research Council (CNR, 2008-2011). > > Giancarlo Ruocco is deputy Dean at Rome University La Sapienza and > Director of the Physics Department. He is in charge for research > coordination activities at La Sapienza. > > The paper will be (or has been, actually I do not know) submitted to > peer-reviewed journals to be published; probably in the same journal in > which the WLT has been proposed. > > Since WLT forms the basis of a number of experimental approaches to LENR's > (including Brillouin and NASA) maybe it's wise to read and try to > understand the paper. > > Cheers > > GG > > > > > > -- Daniel Rocha - RJ danieldi...@gmail.com
