Cold Fusion - Advances in Condensed Matter Nuclear Science

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A - front-matter-2020......Page 1 Front Matter......Page 2 Copyright......Page 3 Dedication......Page 4 Content 1......Page 5 Content 2......Page 6 Content 3......Page 7 Content 4......Page 8 Content 5......Page 9 Content 6......Page 10 Content 7......Page 11 Content 8......Page 12 Content 9......Page 13 Contributors......Page 14 Preface......Page 16 First set of heat and helium measurements (1990)......Page 18 Analysis of the first set of helium measurements......Page 20 Experimental measurement of He-4 diffusion into glass flasks......Page 22 Second set of helium measurements (1991-92)......Page 23 Analysis of the third set of helium measurements (1993-94)......Page 25 Discussion of China Lake heat and He-4 results......Page 26 Related research by other laboratories......Page 27 References......Page 28 Heat......Page 31 Tritium......Page 37 Energetic particles......Page 39 γ-/X-Ray emissions......Page 42 Transmutation......Page 44 Conclusions......Page 46 References......Page 47 Variability......Page 51 Electrochemistry......Page 52 Surface structure......Page 53 Progress......Page 54 High reproducibility excess heat at SRI......Page 55 References......Page 67 Introduction: Choosing an isoperibolic calorimeter......Page 69 Applications to cold fusion experiments......Page 70 More about the lower bound heat transfer coefficient......Page 71 The neglected PG and PW terms......Page 72 The straight-line method......Page 73 Radiative heat transfer coefficient......Page 74 Cell cooling experiments......Page 75 Additional calorimetric topics......Page 76 Calorimetric results from CalTech, MIT, and Harwell......Page 77 Appendix......Page 78 References......Page 80 Introduction......Page 82 Electrolyte and experimental cell......Page 83 The working-electrode and counter-electrode configuration......Page 84 Microstructure of thick Pd rod and dilation under long-term electrolysis-Exp. 1......Page 85 SEM views of the electrode surface......Page 86 Nuclear reaction cycle model......Page 89 Microstructural change of a Pd rod during repeated cathodic and anodic electrolysis in glycerin-phosphoric acid: First abso .........Page 91 Results and discussion......Page 92 Microstructure of the α+β phase coexistence region characterized from in situ small punch test and the knowledge of hydroge .........Page 95 Coincidence of two hydrogen states with the characteristic hydrogen states: Defects induced by the interaction of hydrogen .........Page 96 Two types of H electrode characterized above Vmin......Page 97 Summary and suggestion......Page 98 References......Page 99 Fralick......Page 101 Biberian......Page 102 Iwamura......Page 103 Piantelli......Page 104 Aratas double cathode......Page 105 NEDO......Page 107 Mizuno......Page 108 Conclusion......Page 109 References......Page 110 Historical background......Page 111 Gas-phase experiments......Page 113 Experiments with nickel alloys......Page 114 Observation of thermionic-like behavior......Page 115 Effect of gas mixtures......Page 116 Recent improvements in reactor design and AHE control......Page 117 References......Page 120 Insulated box......Page 124 Blower......Page 125 Measurement and data acquisition......Page 127 Relationship between blower input and airflow velocity......Page 129 Relationship between blower input and air outlet temperature......Page 132 Introduction......Page 138 Reactor......Page 139 Activation......Page 140 Plasma deposition process......Page 143 Excess heat generation......Page 144 Details of excess heat generation tests with various gas pressure, input power, and output/input ratios......Page 145 Control of reactor temperature and variation of the output/input ratio......Page 147 Change in temperature settings of reactor and internal heater......Page 148 Excess heat example......Page 150 Material......Page 154 Results......Page 155 Temperature dependence for excesses heat generation......Page 160 Summary......Page 162 References......Page 164 Introduction......Page 166 Experiment......Page 167 Results and discussion......Page 169 Concluding remarks......Page 172 Acknowledgment......Page 173 References......Page 174 Introduction......Page 175 Screening energy and nuclear reaction cross section......Page 176 Experimental procedure......Page 177 Screening energy for d+d reaction in metals......Page 178 Screening energy for Li+d reaction in solid and liquid metal Li......Page 182 Temperature dependence of Us in liquid Li......Page 185 CCM of d+d reaction induced by molecular beam......Page 187 Summary......Page 193 References......Page 194 Introduction......Page 196 Experimental method and results......Page 198 Discussion......Page 203 References......Page 208 Introduction......Page 210 Biophysical aspects of transmutation process......Page 212 Nuclear reactions with participation of light and middle mass isotopes in pure microbiological cultures......Page 213 Transmutation of stable isotopes in microbe syntrophin associations......Page 218 Experiments on transmutation of radioactive isotopes and reactor waste in microbiological systems......Page 222 Experiments on utilization of the reactor Ba140 isotope by anaerobic syntrophic association......Page 223 Experiments on accelerated deactivation and transmutation of long-lived reactor Cs137 isotope in growing anaerobic microbe .........Page 224 LENR experiments with radioactive Cs137 isotope and aerobic microbe syntrophic association......Page 228 Physical foundation of biological transmutation......Page 230 Conclusion......Page 231 Acknowledgments......Page 232 References......Page 233 Introduction and background......Page 237 General remarks on experimental methodology......Page 239 Patterson power cell and transmutation product measurements by Miley et al.......Page 240 Lugano report and Parkhomov replications......Page 243 Iwamuras deuterium gas permeation experiments......Page 245 Glow discharge studies......Page 246 Edward Eskos ``cool fusion´´......Page 248 Carbon Arc experiments......Page 250 Nano-dust fusion transmutation......Page 253 Transmutation on an industrial scale......Page 255 Alchemy: Myth or science?......Page 258 Alchemical synthesis of silver from silicon (Peter Grandics)......Page 259 Alchemical experiments at Texas A&M University......Page 260 Indian alchemical texts......Page 261 Concluding remarks......Page 263 References......Page 264 Introduction......Page 267 Experimental studies......Page 268 Cold fusion......Page 270 Model of the LENR process......Page 274 Conclusion......Page 275 References......Page 276 Introduction......Page 285 Phonon-nuclear coupling......Page 286 Finite basis Hamiltonians......Page 287 Phonon-mediated nuclear excitation transfer......Page 289 Applications for phonon-mediated nuclear excitation transfer......Page 290 Up-conversion and down-conversion......Page 292 Subdivision and down-conversion......Page 295 Other nuclear effects......Page 296 Active sites......Page 297 Conclusion......Page 298 References......Page 299 Interest of the electron deep orbits (EDOs) for the low-energy-nuclear reaction (LENR)......Page 303 Arguments against the EDO states and possible solutions......Page 304 The anomalous solutions of the Dirac equation......Page 307 The deep orbits, as solutions of the Dirac equation with a corrected potential for a nucleus of finite size......Page 309 Ansatz used for finding the ``inside´´ solutions and continuity conditions......Page 310 Computation process for orbital mean radii......Page 311 Results obtained from parameters near those of Maly and Vavra......Page 312 Varying the parameters......Page 313 The lack of dependence of the inside solutions on the nuclear charge potential, and the coherence of the values of energies......Page 314 The discontinuity of the derivative of solutions......Page 315 Involvement of special relativity in the EDOs......Page 316 Comparing the relativistic and the nonrelativistic versions of the Schrödinger equation......Page 317 Study of the magnetic interactions near the nucleus......Page 318 Interactions involving only the electron spin......Page 319 Magnetic interactions involving the nuclear spin......Page 320 Works of Barut, as a source of the V-B model......Page 321 Vigier-Barut model, and related works......Page 322 The effective potential Veff is strong enough to confine electrons in deep orbits......Page 324 Question about the stability of the EDOs......Page 325 Potential energy terms for expecting a resonance. Seeking local energy minimum......Page 326 Conclusions, question, and perspectives......Page 327 References......Page 330 Introduction......Page 334 Generation of ``giant´´ energy fluctuations and increase of barrier transparency......Page 335 Anomalous features and the mechanism of LENR ``natural selection´´ based on CCS......Page 341 Methods of CCS formation in realistic physical, biological, and geological systems......Page 346 Formation of CCS for periodical modulation of harmonic oscillator parameters......Page 348 Experiments on LENR stimulation at resonant action on the active medium......Page 350 CCS formation at limited increase of parabolic potential well width......Page 358 CCS formation at limited decrease of a width of parabolic potential well......Page 359 Formation of CCS at pulse modulation of potential well parameters......Page 361 The influence of damping and random force on CCS formation......Page 365 References......Page 368 C......Page 371 E......Page 372 F......Page 373 L......Page 374 P......Page 375 S......Page 376 X......Page 377