I am not a physicist but I get the feeling that you guys are approaching , thru theory, the very phenomena that Ed Shoulders put so much work into, as regards energy production and transmutation.
www.rexresearch.com/ev/ev.htm His patents are very long and detailed. He has a solid technical background and experience. His work has been independently confirmed by two Russian scientists. He also asserts that the government tried to classify his patents as secret but failed due to a legal tactic.

