Dense Hydrogen "S-Process"
The new Subtle Atomic energy process releases energy by an ultra dense hydrogen based nuclear addition reaction. The new process has similarities to the "s-process" recognised in astrophysics (Suess and Urey, 1956), but the mechanism proposed is significantly different from the "free neutron" flux based mechanisms previously described.
The new process can be described as:
Stage 1 - Ultra dense (de-excited) hydrogen formation
Stage 2 - Ultra dense hydrogen capture process. Ultra dense hydrogen atoms (proton + de-excited electron) are captured by an adjacent nucleus, transitioning to an additional nuclear neutron during the capture process.
S. Brink, 5th September 2017 - updated 20th Sept 2017
Stages of the New Dense Hydrogen "S-Process"
The new process may actually be a more realistic explanation for the 's-process' identified in nuclear astrophysics as occuring in Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars. Something for astrophysicists to have a think about!!!
A similar energy process is also expected for other hydrogen isotopes, for example, a dense deuterium "s-process" is expected, involving ultra dense Deuterium transitioning to a double neutron during a nuclear addition reaction.
Similar processes are also expected for combinations of hydrogen isotopes.
