>
>
>>
>Joint General Colloquium
>>sponsored by
>>Department of Physics and School of Nuclear Engineering
>>Thursday March 4, 2010, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
>>Physics Building Room 203 (PHYS 203)
>>(Refreshments at 3:30 PM in PHYS 242)
>
>>Professor Yeong E. Kim
>>Purdue University
>
>>“Nuclear Fusion in Micro/Nano-Scale Metal Particles”
>
>>Two decades ago, Fleischmann and Pons reported excess heat generation
>in
>>electrolysis experiment using heavy water and Palladium cathodes.
>Since
>>then, many others have reported experimental observations of excess
>heat
>>generation and anomalous nuclear reactions occurring in metals at
>>ultra-low energies, now known as ‘low-energy nuclear reactions’
>(LENR).
>>After a review of the key experimental observations, theoretical
>>explanations of the LENR phenomena will be described based on the
>theory
>>of Bose-Einstein condensation of nuclear fusion (BECNF) in
>>micro/nano-scale metal particles [1, 2]. The BECNF theory is based on
>a
>>single assumption capable of explaining the observed LENR phenomena;
>>deuterons in metals undergo Bose-Einstein condensation. While the
>BECNF
>>theory is able to make general qualitative predictions concerning
>LENR
>>phenomena it is also a quantitative predictive physical theory.
>Proposed
>>experimental tests of theoretical predictions will be described. Some
>of
>>the theoretical predictions have been confirmed by experiments
>reported
>>recently. Although the BECNF theory indicates possibilities of
>scaling
>>up heat generation under optimal conditions, experimental tests of
>>theoretical predictions are needed for confirmation, improvement of
>the
>>BECNF theory and to clarify potential practical applications. In view
>of
>>the impending world energy crisis, the proposed experimental tests
>of
>>the BECNF processes are urgently needed as LENR phenomena may well
>>represent a viable long-term alternative form of clean energy.
>
>>[1] Y. E. Kim, “Theory of Bose-Einstein condensation mechanism for
>>deuteron-induced nuclear reactions in micro/nano-scale metal grains
>and
>>particles”, Naturwissenschaften 96, 803-811 (2009), and references
>therein.
>>[2] Y. E. Kim, “Bose-Einstein condensate theory of deuteron fusion
>in
>>metal”, Purdue Nuclear and Many-Body Theory Group (PNMBTG) Preprint
>>PNMBTG-1-10 (January 2010) (to be published in American Institute of
>>Physics (AIP) Proceedings, 2010), and references therein.
>
>>PDF-files of both [1] and [2] are available at:
>>http://www.physics.purdue.edu/people/faculty/yekim.shtml
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