Hi all This paper supports many of the concepts and views that Edmund Storms brought to vortex.
I hope Edmund continues to follow the vortex and has read the paper. Kind Regards walker On 17 June 2014 12:21, Ian Walker <walker...@gmail.com> 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 > >
