-----Original Message----- From: mix...@bigpond.com > Why invoke electrogravity when the normal nuclear force will do just fine? Note that the neutrons in the deuterons are already within range of this force, as the deuteron is already bound.
Yes, of course. That's the basic problem. The nucleus does not emit in the range which we need to match experimental results (or lack thereof). The problem with "normal" nuclear radiation is that it is very short wavelength - which is not seen in LENR experiments. Working backwards from a spectrum which could have escaped detection, we can hypothesize that there needs to be an emitter geometry which is large enough to emit EUV or x-rays and at the same time, to delay actual fusion until enough energy has been dumped. That requirement eliminates any normal nucleus. This gets into antenna theory. How can a femtometer particle emit ultraviolet? Typically it cannot as the geometry is way too disproportionate. Possibly a halo nucleus can do this, or maybe the halo is too small as well. If that is the case, then the rationalization (of any kind of stepwise release) is dead.
