Ah, I see what you refer to now. This calculation is also the famous one associated with the P&F gamma ray energy error that caused them so much difficulty.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: mixent <mix...@bigpond.com> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Thu, Mar 14, 2013 11:27 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Dilute D2O Cold Neutron Capture In Papp Engine? In reply to David Roberson's message of Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:20:35 -0400 (EDT): Hi, [snip] >Robin, > > >Why is the energy required to break apart the D 2.2 MeV? Ed calculated 1.7 >MeV by calculating the mass difference which seemed correct. I would assume that there is no charge change taking place which involves an electron since the same number of protons are present in both the initial and final products. Could you explain your reasoning? Please see my earlier post, where Ed's calculation is corrected. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
