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Old 22-May-2006, 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by VanderL
Juergens might not have predicted X-rays (I don't know for sure, maybe he did, but I haven't seen any reference). Besides P.Asmah didn't claim Juergens predicted X-rays as far as I can see.
He brought up Juergens questioning the attribution of the "charge-exchange reaction" explanation for X-ray emissions from comet material.
I asked him to give more details, in particular how he reached the conclusion that Juergens' theory might explain the X-ray emission.
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