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On the Laser Stimulation of Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions in Deuterated Palladium

K. P. Sinha, A. Meulenberg

cond-mat.otherarXiv:cond-mat/0603213

Abstract

Models to account for the observed experimental results for low-energy nuclear reactions in palladium-deuteride systems are presented along with calculated results. The crucial idea is a mechanism of improved probability for the needed penetration of the Coulomb barrier for a D-D reaction. This facilitation occurs, in general, with the formation of D- ions at special frequency modes (e.g. via phonons) and, specifically for the laser-stimulated case, with utilization of enhanced optical potential at a selected interface. Both mechanisms may work individually, or together, to increase the probability of barrier penetration.

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