Eric, There are several theories along these lines - possibly mutually compatible.
Another approach by Li, et al, involves "resonant tunneling." See: "Sub-barrier fusion and selective resonant tunneling" http://newenergytimes.com/v2/library/2000/2000Li-Sub-BarrierFusion.pdf "An Approach to Nuclear Energy Without Strong Nuclear Radiation" http://iccf9.global.tsinghua.edu.cn/Li%20%281%29.pdf -- Lou Pagnucco Eric Walker wrote: > On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 7:22 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > The energy of two nuclei is conserved and >> remains small during the motion through the Coulomb barrier. The >> penetration through this barrier, which is the main obstacle for >> low-energy fusion, strongly depends on a form of the incident flux on >> the >> Coulombcenter at large distances from it. In contrast to the usual >> scattering, the incident wave is not a single plane wave but the certain >> superposition of plane waves of the same energy and various directions, >> for example a convergent conical wave. >> > > I like explanations along these lines -- ones that don't require slamming > particles into one another at high speeds. In the end I wouldn't be > surprised if it ends up being something like what the author seems to be > getting at. Two analogies that come to mind: (1) when a large, heavy > object hits the water at high speeds, you get one kind of outcome, and > when > it slips into the water at low speed, you get something else entirely. Or > (2), when you don't have a key, to get past a door you're going to have to > break it down, but when you have the key, it will open with little effort. > There may be something equivalent to an electromagnetic "key" that > amplifies the tunneling probability by several orders of magnitude for a > certain period of time. > > I have no opinion about the details of Ivlev's theory. > > Eric >
