Synopsis of Widom-Larsen Theory Paper #2

By Lewis G. Larsen, Edited by S. B. Krivit - Jan. 29, 2012 x

"Absorption of Nuclear Gamma Radiation by Heavy Electrons on Metallic Hydride Surfaces" A. Widom and L. Larsen (Sept 2005) Rigorously explains physics details of exactly how heavy-mass surface plasmon electrons found in high-E-field LENR-active ‘patches’ located on metallic hydride surfaces have a unique ability to absorb outgoing or incoming gamma photons, convert them directly to larger numbers of much lower-energy infrared E-M photons (conservation of energy applies) at high efficiencies, and then emit down-shifted infrared radiation effectively as thermal ‘heat’ into the local environment. ‘Automatic’ local conversion of gamma photons occurs in the energy range from ~0.5 - 1.0 MeV all the way up to ~10.0 - 11.0 MeV; gamma radiation outside of that range of energies is unaffected and is not converted. The heavy electron down-conversion emission spectrum also includes a small, highly variable ‘tail’ consisting of ’soft ’X-rays that has only occasionally been observed and measured experimentally; at present it is incompletely understood. This paper explains exactly why lethal fluxes of gamma radiation are essentially never produced in condensed matter LENR systems; this strong theoretical prediction is also consistent with 20+ years of experimentation in LENRs. Similarly, there is no “new physics” used anywhere in this paper.