Jed Rothwell just posted ILENRS-12 presentations at: http://lenr-canr.org/wordpress/?page_id=1097
Brian Ahern's presentation "Energy Localization" proposes that Fermi acceleration (F-A) can intensely concentrate energy on the nanoscale. His example of spring coupled point masses seems to circumvent the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, by focusing rather than diffusing kinetic energy. As in endothermic chemical reactions, this is (probably) just an apparent violation of the 2nd Law, except occurring at nuclear/particle scales. F-A appears in many contexts involving elastic and conservative energy exchanges, and can result in extremely large, highly localized energy exchanges. It can be driven by internal or external stimuli - mechanical, acoustic or electromagnetic. It breaks down when energy leaks from a closed system by dissipation or inelastic collisions. If the inelastic collisions that stop F-A involve particle or nuclear reactions, then maybe some LENR results - perhaps explaining electron-capture, some fissions or fusions? Some of the reported successful LENR experiments, e.g., Brillouin, Energetics, seem to conform to the F-A model. If so, they could be very sensitive to shapes and spectra of the the stimuli. Opinions/criticisms welcome. -- Lou Pagnucco
