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An Analysis of Cold and Lukewarm Fusion

1990; American Nuclear Society; Volume: 17; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.13182/fst90-a39902

0748-1896

Mario Rabinowitz, D.H. Worledge,

High-pressure geophysics and materials

Experimental reports continue to suggest that the crystalline solid state may present a unique environment for deuteron-deuteron (d-d) fusion at ambient temperature (cold fusion). The analysis herein shows that newly reported cluster-impact d-d fusion at energies ∼100 eV has much in common with coldfusion and might appropriately be called lukewarm fusion. Both phenomena evidently need a novel theoretical approach for their understanding. A deuteron effective mass approach is proposed as a possible explanation of the reported experimental results.