Re: Cool Fusion

[James McLean <jmclean@CHEM.UCSD.EDU>]

Jim Green wrote:
> Under what circumstances can "cool fusion" occur?  Can it occur naturally?
>  I am not sure what I might mean by "cool", but certainly at T<Sun --

Doesn't fusion work at lower temperatures if the atomic electrons are
replaced by muons, making the atoms smaller and therefore making it
easier to get the nuclei together?
I don't know any more about this, but I think I've heard such a thing.

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