The 'stilted' and trumped-up attack is almost antiquated in its result - reminiscent of the Pope going after Galileo, eh? ...
... but given enough time, science (and truth) will prevail in the end. RT may suffer heavily in the meantime, and be out of work and resources for experimentation (which is the ultimate 'aim' of this) but the University will probably end-up paying many millions to his heirs one day. This is not to say that sonofusion itself is proved by him, nor that RT's methods were not questionable - but it is to say that sonoluminescence certainly IS proved, to the degree that you see it in high school science fairs. Without question one can convert mechanical vibration into surprising amounts of light, including UV and even EUV. That is a real anomaly that science has never been explained adequately. Heck - if you are operating on the fringes of science, anyway - do not hold back now, Rusi! Look to see "why" sonoluminescence produces EUV first; and then build on that. To backtrack a bit, from the "Inquisition" to the fringe science involved in sonoluminescence - and to how (yes, the actual techniques to use) so that sonoluminescence ends up possibly supporting eventual fusion, consider the fact that many, if not most, experimenters in the field have the commonly accepted view that... "...stable Single-Bubble Sonoluminescence (SBSL) can only be achieved in water in the presence of a noble gas or hydrogen" especially argon. ... and that helium, hydrogen, and argon are implicated by R. Mills in hydrino formation as catalysts. First, it should be noted, as reported elsewhere recently, that SBSL can be sustained with only diatomic gases like e.g. nitrogen being present. However, compared to that of a stable argon bubble, the emission is MUCH weaker and the spectrum looks much colder (no EUV and little UV). http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0295-5075/80/2/27004 So how does all of this information possibly support Rusi Taleyarkhan, and how can he make lemonade from Indiana lemons ? Basically in this way. RT does not mention and presumably does not know of the hydrino or Mills, so he has never bothered to put two-and-two together (two "pathologies" that is) and to proceed from there. But if he had, he would probably try to operate his device for a MUCH longer time period (to accumulate a large population of deuterinos) before taking fusion data - and to add another ionic catalyst to the solution for increased shrinkage, once the population is sufficient. The population necessary to set the stage for robust "on demand" fusion might actually take months to accumulate (if Mills is right on their lifetime). The fact that sometimes it happens in hours is only indicative of the vagaries of quantum mechanics (or an initial population of natural, i.e. solar-derived particles). Maybe BLP should step-in now and help the guy out? Ha! There are several good reasons for Mills to suspect that sonoluminescence is a hydrino effect, and further more that this would be an opportunity for BLP to prove that ... ... all the while realizing the rationale (for why BLP will not even remotely consider it)so it makes mentioning it an exercise in futility. Jones
