It would seem unusual for the MB velocity distribution not to exist within deuterons inside a metal. The metal atoms nearby would possess kinetic energy based upon their temperature. These atoms are far heavier than deuterons and would knock them around like a bowling ball impacting bowling pins to conserve momentum and energy.
It might be easier to consider cooling by the laser beam interacting with these trapped deuterons instead. I suspect that the fusion event that we are speaking of occurs as a result of low relative velocities of the participating atoms which might be a function of time and interaction with the laser beam. Zero relative velocity means zero temperature at that exact time. This is why I ask whether or not fusion has been proven to occur with very low temperature deuterons. I am not aware that anyone makes that claim and it would add support to the other theory if proven. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Kevin O'Malley <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Feb 10, 2013 5:22 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Bose Einstein Condensate formed at Room Temperature ...... In spite of Kim, theory says this is not possible. ***YE Kim addresses that in his email to me. "The claim, made by some that BECs could not form at room temperatures, was based on an inconclusive conjecture which assumes that the Maxwell-Boltzmann (MB ) velocity distribution applies for deuterons in a metal. This conjecture was not based on any theories nor on any experimentally observed facts. The MB velocity distribution is for an ideal gas containing non-interacting particles. There are no justifications to assume the MB velocity distribution for deuterons in a metal. The published paper by Dasa, et al. quoted below indicates that the conjecture is not justified. " The theory that said it was not possible was not based upon any experimental evidence, and now that there is experimental evidence to the contrary. ......
