NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #26/NN_1992_26.iso/spool/sci/physics/fusion/2678

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From: [e-mail] (Todd Green)
Newsgroups: sci.physics.fusion
Subject: Takahasi's Heat?
Date: 13 Nov 92 12:35:53 +0800
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One thing that sort of perplexes me about the reports on the Nagoya conference
is the lack of commentary on the XS heat results of A. Takahashi. You might
remember that this experiment caused a very big stir because the amount of
excess heat was very large (up to 200% I think) and there were reports
of replications done elsewhere. Takahashi's results were also a major factor in
convincing MITI to start a cold fusion program. Given all this, I expected
that Takahashi's XS heat claims would be an important result of the conference
but, in Jed's summary, only his results with deuteron beams are mentioned. My
suspicions were further raised when I read in _Fusion Facts_ that Takahashi
(at another conference prior to Nagoya) was now claiming 20% heat i.e. down
by an order of magnitude from the initial claim. Maybe Jed could give a status
report on the Takahashi work and the CFRA experiment. I might be dead wrong
but I get the feeling that this is another big result that is starting to
fizzle and that people are looking for other bandwagons to jump on.

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Todd