In reply to Eric Walker's message of Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:55:16 -0800: Hi, [snip] >In a different connection, an important point that he makes concerns the >ROI -- he says that a 20 keV deuteron will travel a long distance, perhaps >on the order of millimeters, through a metal. Assuming he's right, that's >a lot more than 38 atoms, so I suspect the initial back-of-the-envelope >calculation for the energy loss was off in at least that respect. >
I suspect you have that backwards. The correct assumption is that he's wrong. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
