Thoughts offered for dissection:
1. RF excitation of P to create many different isotopes of P having half-lives well under one second 2. Those isotopes radiating the 'lead shield' and causing Cherenkov radiation parabolic-ally focused upon the tube 3. The results of #2 having high enough energy to excite Co & Cd into partial conversion to isotopes capable of electron capture & beta emission, respectively.
I would suspect the mode of conversion to Co & Cd isotopes via Cherenkov radiation to be due to partial changes of Co & Cd metastates.
Cherenkov radiation can occur and be affective throughout most of the EM spectrum, not just visible light.
So, the RF excitation is just a boot-strap replacing the self generated Cherenkov excitation and only P will respond to AC.
It shouldn't be surprising that the output is a steadily rising and falling DC (with a very heavy AC component).
I suspect the frequency of 300mHz is dictated by the distance between the tube and the 'lead shield' with modifiers for different radiation velocities.
Oops! coffee is wearing off.
Sorry for the rant
I think that is a very interesting hypothesis of how this device might function, WW, thanks for giving it your attention. Feel free to rant on a bit more. I raised all those questions not because I don't know the difference between AC and DC, just thinking out loud and trying to nail down a mechanism of operation by reverse engineering. Looking at the table of possible isotopes for each element we see a huge number ranging from pico second half lives to minutes, hours days and years, with some having an unknown length of time. The patent applicants may have avoided giving away all the fine points like the arcuate shaped lead shield, which does little to really shield and seems as you say more of a parabolic lens focusing the x-ray production from "Bremstrahlung". Even if the patent app is false, it shows creativity and can open our minds to other, possibly better means of initiating such reactions.
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