Hi all Further work on “discrete breathers” (DBs) here.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23585770?dopt=Abstract&holding=npg Kind Regards walker On 17 June 2014 12:28, Ian Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all > > Also Indexed at > > > http://scienceindex.com/stories/4260551/Low_energy_nuclear_reactions_driven_by_discrete_breathers.html > > And available by > > https://scirate.com/search?q=au:Dubinko_V+in:cond-mat > > Kind Regards walker > > > On 17 June 2014 12:21, Ian Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all >> >> An interesting new theory paper has been submitted to Cornell's Arxiv >> >> http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1406/1406.3941.pdf >> >> Also submitted to the Journal of Condensed Matter Nuclear Science >> >> Submitted to Journal of Condensed Matter Nuclear Science (16.06.2014) >> >> Low energy nuclear reactions driven by discrete breathers >> >> V.I. Dubinko >> NSC Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology, Kharkov 61108, Ukraine >> >> A new mechanism of LENR in solids is proposed, which is based on the >> large amplitude anharmonic lattice vibrations, a.k.a. intrinsic localized >> modes or “discrete breathers” (DBs). In particular, so called gap DBs, >> which can arise in diatomic crystals such as metal hydrides, are argued to >> be the LENR catalyzers. The large mass difference between H or D and the >> metal atoms provides a gap in phonon spectrum, in which DBs can be excited >> in the H/D sub-lattice resulting in extreme dynamic closing of adjacent H/D >> atoms required for the tunneling through nuclear Coulomb barrier. DBs have >> been shown to arise either via thermal activation at elevated temperatures >> or via knocking atoms out of equilibrium positions under non-equilibrium >> gas loading conditions, employed under radiolysis or plasma deposition >> methods. The DB statistics in both cases is analyzed and simple analytical >> expressions for the cold fusion energy production rate are derived as the >> functions of temperature, ion (electric) current and material parameters. >> For the first time to our knowledge, the derived expressions describe >> quantitatively the observed exponential dependence on temperature, linear >> dependence on the ion current as well as the role of external triggering >> and small dimensions of nuclear active particles. >> >> Keywords: anharmonic lattice vibrations, discrete breathers, quantum >> tunneling, nuclear fusion. >> >> >> Kind Regards Walker >> >> >
