Theory mavins with enquiring minds may want to see:
Frisone, F. "The Coulomb Barrier not Static in QED," A correction to
the Theory by Preparata on the Phenomenon of Cold Fusion and
Theoretical hypothesis. in ICCF-14 International Conference on
Condensed Matter Nuclear Science. 2008. Washington, DC.
http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/FrisoneFthecoulomb.pdf
A noted experimentalist recently told to me with regard to a similar
paper, "it might as well be written in Chinese for all I can make of
it." (And this person is not Chinese.)
- Jed