The following is an evolution of ideas towards the design of a state-of-the-art LENR experiment. The purpose here is to explain an enhancement called �triple coherency,� and secondly to provide a setup that should be attractive to younger researchers and college-level physics projects. The device will be rather small in size, does not require calorimetry, and is not particularly complicated, except for the availability of the light source.
The most general goal of the proposed experiment, which is currently being designed by myself (and any volunteers who wish to supply input), is to look for charged particles being emitted from a tiny LENR cathode which will be irradiated with light of a particular frequency matching both phonon vibration (by virtue of exactly the same temperature equivalent) and also matched to the AC modulation (by coherent light) of a DC bias current. It is hoped and suspected that this �triple coherency� (overlapping coherency between photon, phonon, and conduction electrons) will give the same kind of paradigm shift that arises in light itself, once it becomes phase locked, as in a laser. This appears to be a novel concept, and despite having some potential for IP value, it is being put into the public domain to encourage faster implementation by anyone who can be convinced of the potential advantages of this methodology for achieving BEC-like �condensation�, leading perhaps to a robust new kind of LENR. To do this correctly, the experimenter must employ a cathode-membrane, which can be described as �two-way�. The reason for this will become apparent, but basically the cathode (which is a proton membrane similar to a fuel cell membrane) must itself form part of the wall of the cell into which deuterium gas is fed. This way, energetic charged particles can be expelled - external to the cell, where they can be captured and analyzed. It is so simple an idea, one is led to wonder why it isn�t in more general use, but then again, gas-phase LENR is rare enough, not to mention �cold gas phase�. BTW It doesn�t matter if only a few of the energetic particles escape, because billions are expected to be created, based on similar work. If they are really derived from fusion events, then even a few will �stick out like a sore thumb�. To backtrack a little and to try to explain how triple coherency would work, one should understand the interplay of kinetic vibration with mass: and the importance of the electronvolt (symbol: eV) which is the amount of energy gained by a single unbound electron when it falls through an electrostatic potential difference of one volt. This is a very small amount of energy but with a mass, and a frequency, and a wavelength equivalent. Mass equivalent: 1 eV/c = 1.783 x 10^-36 kg. For comparison, the typical atmospheric O2 molecule has a kinetic energy of about 0.03 eV. To convert a particle's energy in electronvolts into its temperature in Kelvin, multiply by 11,605. Another important correlation of the electron volt is with wavelength and frequency: 1 eV/hc = 806.6 mm-1 1 eV/h = 241.8 Thz terahertz. In this experiment we will use theory to chose a "desired" temperature at which confined deuterium should show markedly increased QM effects and then we will try to tailor the experiment to that. IOW if we should chose a temperature of minus 42 F or about .02 eV, then we will need a corresponding wavelength of about 40 microns, and a coherent light frequency of 4.8 terahertz and we will cool the cell accordingly. The chosen temperature will be based on the microstructure of the cathode, so that this choice assumes phonons of about one fourth the diameter (quarter wavelength) or 10 micron diameter, which are in effect, little antennae. The optimum parameters for QM effects will vary considerably, based on the chosen matrix, but appears to be near .02 eV, based upon certain material-specific assumptions (using a PEM fuel cell membrane, for instance, which is the simplest choice), but this has not yet been pinpointed from theory precisely for other cathodes. Yes. Before you ask. This whole idea assumes that some forms of LENR are, in effect, �enhanced� (higher probability) QM reactions. But the beauty of the design is that it can be successful, even without this QM underpinning � so long as �hot� charged particles are produced at all. If in such an experiment, deuterium gas passes through a cathode wall, and IF �only� an electrochemical process were to be involved, deuterons will emerge uncharged and not be particularly �hot� � no more than a few eV at most. If a nuclear reaction has occurred, some of the particles emerging from the cathode�s �flip side� (those which do not suffer an inordinate number of collisions on the way out) will emerge with thousands or even millions of times more energy than if only electrochemical reactions were involved. These are easily witnessed in any number of ways, such as the simplest: detecting cold fusion charge particles with the CR-39 film method (which technique can be found on the LENR-CANR site). There are any number of reasons why such an experiment, if successful, will be far more convincing to mainstream physicists than calorimetry or even transmutation products found in a cathode. And if one can fashion an active cathode from a cm-sized piece of PEM fuel cell membrane, rather than using Pd foil, then all the better, as in either case, there are reasons to believe that the membrane life will be short. But the main point interest to me and to many observers is both theoretical (is LENR, or at least on form of it a BEC-like reaction?) and also commercial. The later point comes from the potential ability to capture charged particles in a multipactor or other direct conversion device. Think of it as capturing �electricity� from LENR rather than low grade heat� Jones
