Eric--
I do not think the reaction of the d,p variety occurs. There are not 87,000 Ev
gammas reported, which would be evident as you suggest. I do not think Ni-63
is involved in the production of Cu-63. Ni-62 removal would be expensive for
Rossi.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Walker
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 8:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62
On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 6:14 PM, Bob Cook <frobertc...@hotmail.com> wrote:
I wonder if the new Cu is Cu-63? Rossi may be implying that Ni-62 goes to
Cu-63, both of which are stable isotopes. Spin coupling to get rid of the
6.22Mev of excess mass may be the answer--there are no gammas apparently.
In a 62Ni(d,p)63Ni reaction, the 63Ni will beta- decay to 63Cu. The proton
will have ~ 5 MeV and will excite 11 keV electrons, which can easily be
shielded. There will be a delayed gamma emission after the beta- decay of Q=87
keV, however, which will not be fully shielded even by 1cm of lead. If there
is vigorous deuteron stripping, there will be a lot of motivation to remove
62Ni from the nickel.
Eric
