(Posts about detectors)

what is the source?

keith — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 06:40:09 GMT

Many of the studies that have detected the unusual particle tracks [1] that we have discussed before are connected with low energy nuclear reactions (LENR). The connection between these tracks and LENR is not totally straightforward.

Most of the studies in the LENR literature have evolved from the initial Pons and Fleishman cold fusion experiments and load a metal such as palladium with hydrogen in an electrolytic setup. The reaction thought to occur in cold fusion at room temperature,

\begin{equation*} \text{D} + \text{D} \rightarrow ^4\!\!\text{He} \end{equation*}

is a nuclear reaction that should not be taking place under these conditions.

how could we have missed these particles?

keith — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 08:15:30 GMT

In [1] I confronted the question: How could we possibly have been using photographic emulsions in physics for the last 120 or so years and missed the critical observation that particle tracks appear when the emulsion is subjected to a uniform exposure to light?

analysis of groups of tracks

keith — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 07:25:04 GMT

In my last post, as a preliminary, I showed evidence that the tracks in my experiments must be particles. Here we continue, going a bit deeper into the analysis, to show in addition that the curvature seen in certain exposures is due to a point-like central force rather than an applied or ambient uniform field.

are these particle tracks?

keith — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 08:53:55 GMT

I want to take a hard look at the concept that new physics may be in play for experiments, based upon the new effect I observed for photographic emulsions [1] that were mentioned in my last post. One of the first questions that comes up is the question as to whether or not these tracks [1] are being created by some types of particles. How can we answer this?

a new take on an old detector

keith — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 17:45:34 GMT

There is a possibility that I have stumbled upon new physics.

At the center of this is a new effect with photographic emulsions and how they are used to detect elementary particles. Normally in standard photography and in nuclear track