[NewCandle] foil roll experiments

[Jones Beene]

Nick 

> [snip] Again, I ponder - is this a Casimir force related effect?  Or some
coherency of emission from geometry of reflection?  

It would seem that "coherency of emission" in not only a logical
possibility, but could be tested in a number of ways. Aluminum is
transparent to higher energy photons, but possibly less so at higher
incidence angles. (I am assuming your reading is coming mostly from
secondary gammas of alpha radiation).

The easiest tests for reflective alignment amplification of a signal, at a
very high acute angle of propagation between the roll layers is this:
without wetting a roll, but placing a dry loosely wound roll axially between
the tube and the solution, does that alone raise the count? To get a
meaningful reading at all, you might need to cut a shorter section from a
longer roll, since either way - this involves placement of the meter tube a
significant distance away from the emitter.

If that test shows a positive difference simply from the roll being there,
indicating an alignment of glancing photon emission with geometrical
amplification, then the next step would be to see if this effect is
amplified even more with a foil of a less transparent metal, such as
stainless or brass.

Jones