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[mchargue]

Joseph Chikva wrote:

In speaking about ‘fusion byproducts’ above, I was alluding to the idea that some other fusion/fission process might be used to produce the pions at a lower input cost.

You can not spend less than rest mass (140MeV)

mchargue wrote: In the same way that you add energy to a system in order to promote fusion, and then reap the (over unity) energy produced, I was wondering if there is a reaction that releases energy in the form of pions. Maybe something that releases the energy of a heavier element in the form of prions…?

Once created muon then you should not spend more energy. As muon will be catched by nucleus creating first “meso-atom” in which muon plays electron’s role, then one “meso-atom” catches one more nucleus creating “meso-molecule” in which two nucleus aproach to each other close enough for acting of strong nuclear forces. That is spontaneous process.
After fusion event muon will create another “meso-atom” and so on till decay. That’s all.

OK. A muon ‘costs’ 140MEV.

The current process for creating muons is not efficient, and costs about 5GEV.

However, if there is some other nuclear process that produces muons less expensively – and I don’t know what that is – then it may be that the cost associated with muon production can be lower. The idea would then be to use that other process to manufacture muons for less than 140MEV. Maybe by firing neutrons at some X-material which causes a reaction whose decay products include a rash of pions. (which themselves decay to muons) The reaction in the X-material would simply have to release more energy (in terms of pions) than it consumes.

It’s speculation based on the assumption that the company is correct in their claims.

I’ve written them – I’ll see if they come back with anything that I can offer here.

Pat