Jed, I think ambiguity remains.
By "temperature", I think you mean the average particle kinetic energy in a chaotic plasma with no directed, coherent current flow. Fusion in those cases are indeed "hot". The collisions are between localized wave packets moving at high speeds - a classical billiard-like picture. My understanding is that, W-L, Brillouin, and (maybe) Lenuco suggest that LENRs can result between charged particles which are almost stationary, but squeezed by strong electric or magnetic fields collectively generated by coherent directed flow of other particles. A compressed wave function still possesses high kinetic energy, even though it is still - unlike a billiard ball. If this interpretation is correct, it could occur in relatively cool, dense, arcing plasmas, but not in a cool chaotic plasma. -- Lou Pagnucco Jed Rothwell wrote: > I think most people would agree there are two criteria: > > 1. The local temperature where the reaction occurs. "Local" may refer to a > microscopic area, as in Taleyarkhan's bubble fusion. * > > 2. The products, and the ratio of things like neutrons to heat. Obviously > with cold fusion it is many orders of magnitude lower than plasma fusion. > Some people have suggested there might be intermediate forms, and the two > gradually shade into one another. > [...]
