The text format version of the Schwinger paper is on line here, thanks to
Robert Bass:
http://www.innoventek.com/SchwingerICCF1March1990.pdf
Bass has offered to proofread my Microsoft Word version, but he is busy for
the next few weeks, so if someone else could assist I would appreciate it.
The Abstract is below.
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ABSTRACT
The distinct nature of the cold fusion regime is emphasized:
electromagnetic selection rules suppress radiation, permitting excess
energy transference to the lattice; the coherent nature of the
wave-function is at variance with the standard separation between barrier
penetration and nuclear reactivity. The discussion is restricted to tritium
production, based on the dd reaction that populates the first excited state
of 4He, which decays into t+p, whereas the formation of 3He+n is
energetically forbidden. Production rates compatible with the broad range
of experimental results are realized within a narrow parametric interval.
The great sensitivity to the physical circumstances is reminiscent of the
reproducibility problems that have plagued this field.
