I am pleased to provide an alternative to Ed's ideas as follows: One of the innovations that Rossi introduced into particle based LENR is the formulation of the 5 micron micro particle.
This particle produces blackbody dipole resonance in the 400C temperature range. Now that Rossi has increased the operating temperature of his “Hot Cat” to about 1000C, this diameter size of this micro particle will have needed to be reduced by about a half to maintain blackbody resonance to correspond to the higher operating temperature of the reactor. In the reference paper, this blackbody resonance optimization is the function that the Discrete breathers is envisioned to address. Without using the micro particle architecture, blackbody resonance is near impossible to produce reliably, IMHO. Dipole motion is the power house that converts heat energy into electron motion. Micro particle resonance sizing is an all important factor in getting the most electron vibration out of the given ambient heat level of the reactor. Optimizing dipole motion is the first step in producing the key to LENR, Strongly Correlated Material, a condensed matter physics term used in type II superconductivity see http://www.talk-polywell.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=5429&start=15#p112918 On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Ian Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[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 >> >> >
