-----Original Message----- From: mix...@bigpond.com > I don't think Ed was necessarily claiming that the method of energy loss was through conversion of electron mass.
Well Robin, he did say the energy in his theory was shed as photons. There are only two possibilities for the source - electrons or nuclei. As far as I know, the nucleus sheds photons as gamma rays. AFAIK there is no apparent mechanism to shed photons from the nucleus at less energy than gamma ... but this is a weekend and I may not be thinking clearly. Tell me, is there any evidence in the literature of nuclei (not atoms but nuclei) shedding energy in quanta below gamma rays? Jones
