Ultra low momentum neutron catalyzed nuclear reactions on metallic hydride surfaces

9/8/26:

How interesting..

There was a comment made in 2012 here too. I didn't even notice it. So sorry about that.

I am curious about the results of his research. I presume it is a "he". Who knows these day, eh?

There may be a plausible scientific explanation for the lack of neutrons offered as a reason to doubt that any nuclear reactions are taking place.

A question arises: Do the critics actually WANT to know what is going on? They presume that it is a measurement error. What if that is not the case?

As written in an earlier post, this question is going to be researched again. Hopefully, it is a fair examination, and not a stacked deck against finding a new phenomenon that can be useful to mankind. There are those who have much to lose if that turned out to be the case!

Sept 2nd, 2011: The original post is below:

via New Energy Times ( Widom-Larsen )

If low energy neutrons can be detected, does that prove the Widom Larsen theory?  After all, where do they come from?  I scanned the file and looked for evidence of such an observation.  A few excerpts from the file:

• These will rarely be experimentally
  detected. In this regard, ultra low momentum
  neutrons may produce “neutron rich” nuclei in substantial
  quantities. These neutrons can yield interesting reaction
  sequences [19, 20]. Other examples are discussed below in
  the concluding section.


• In summary, weak interactions can produce neutrons
  and neutrinos via the capture by protons of heavy electrons.
  The collective motions of the surface metallic hydride
  protons produce the oscillating electric fields that
  renormalize the electron self energy, adding significantly to
  the effective mass.

Along with the slow neutrons, you may want to find heavy electrons.

• laser light fields can “dress” an electron in
  a non-perturbation theoretical fashion with an additional
  mass as in (5). Such mass modifications must be applied
  to electrons and positrons when pairs can in principle be
  blasted out of the vacuum [9, 10] employing colliding laser
  beams. The mass growth in the theory appears in a classic
  treatise on quantum electrodynamics [8]. 


• The classical equation (21) holds true in the fully quantum
  mechanical theory if the electron density ˜n represents the
  electron density at the proton position [ comment: emphasis in the original] 

 One explanation applies the analogy of a single goose flying through an atmospheric disturbance as opposed to a flock of geese.  The flock has a better chance of making it through.  Think of it as a flock of electrons trying to get to the proton in order to form the low energy neutron.

There may be a problem verifying this.  How do you observe neutrons of this type that are rarely observed.  And how do you find the heavy electrons?  It may not be easy, but it doesn't say it is impossible.