Analysis of compressional mode excitation in an air capacitor configuration for a controlled Karabut experiment

Abstract only.Karabut has reported the observation of collimated x-rays near 1.5 keV from an experiment done in a high-current glow discharge, which is a result that we consider to be one of the most important in the field of condensed matter nuclear science. We have interpreted this experiment as demonstrating coherent energy transfer between a highly-excited acoustic vibrational mode near 50 MHz and the 1565 eV transition in 201Hg. This nuclear transition is special in that it is the lowest energy transition from the ground state in any stable nucleus

The two phase diagrams for PdD

Abstract only.The phase diagram of PdH (and also PdD) has been studied extensively over the past century or more, and is considered to be well understood. However, there is a subtle issue in connection with the phase diagram this is not well understood; this has to do with the stability of the lattice itself, in connection with the different phases. In the literature, one usually finds the phase diagram for conditions under which the Pd sub-lattice is assumed to be fixed. Given the long relaxation time associated with vacancy diffusion under "normal" conditions, the phase diagram that results is very useful

Theoretical landscape in condensed matter nuclear science consistent with phonon theory

Abstract only.Since the initial report of anomalies in PdD by Fleischmann and Pons back in 1989, a variety of anomalies have been seen in experiments of all kinds over the years. Although there is not agreement within our field as to precisely which anomalies should be accepted as real, in our view there is evidence for excess heat production in PdD with associated 4He emission; slow tritium production; light water excess heat in the NiH system; low-level neutron and charged particle emission; weak gamma emission; collimated x-ray emission; and different kinds of transmutation effects. None of these effects are predicted from conventional nuclear or solid state physics. Over the years we have pursued theories that describe coherent dynamics in nuclear states, in which coherent energy exchange with a highly-excited phonon mode occurs. More than a decade ago a toy mathematical model (the lossy spin-boson model) was found that was capable of demonstrating substantial coherent energy exchange rates under conditions where a large two level system quantum is fractionated into a very large number of oscillator quanta. Later, we proposed and studied a generalization of the model (which we called the donor and receiver model) which in our view implemented essentially all of the mechanisms that would be needed to account for excess heat in the Fleischmann-Pons experiment. More recently we have developed a new physics-based version of the model which allow us to extend the theory to describe coherent dynamics in physical systems. The simplest example of one of the new processes in the new theory is energy transfer from a highly-excited vibrational mode to couple to nuclear transitions, leading to nuclear excitation. We interpreted collimated x-ray emission in the Karabut experiment as an example of this mechanism. Gamma emission in the Gozzi experiment, and in Piantelli's experiment, in our view seems consistent with this mechanism. In our view, the panoply of anomalies in CMNS experiments which our community focuses on must involve a single underlying mechanism, which expresses itself in different ways under different conditions. If we suppose that the phonon-nuclear coupling and coherent dynamics that we have studied is this underlying mechanism, then we might take a step back and see what collection of physical effects we might expect if we take a systematic approach to the associated theory. What results from this exercise might be considered to be a theoretical landscape. In this presentation we provide an overview of this new theoretical landscape. The simplest class of mechanisms include lattice-induced nuclear excitation generally; subsequent radiative decay can lead to x-ray emission or gamma emission; and subsequent alpha-decay or other disintegration would produce transmutation (which we might consider overall to be a "cold fission" effect). In essence, we might expect to observe energy production under conditions where no hydrogen or deuterium is present (as claimed in experiments at Proton-21). Fusion reactions between two deuterons, or hydrogen and deuterium, combined with coherent energy exchange could account for excess heat, helium, and tritium production. In this case a generalized donor and receiver model seems relevant, and whether the vibrational modes are acoustic or optical impacts which receiver transitions are relevant. The model suggests that 3He should be seen in NiH experiments. A number of reaction pathways within the picture lead to low-level nuclear emission. The most problematic anomaly is transmutation with an associated mass increase (as claimed in the Iwamura experiment), which if real requires a neutron exchange effect combined with coherent energy exchange with the lattice

Relativistic coupling between lattice vibrations and nuclear excitation

Abstract only.For many years we have been interested in understanding the origin of the coupling between the condensed matter system and nuclei in connection with the anomalies that have been observed in Fleischmann-Pons and related experiments. Over the past two years, it has become clear that collimated x-rays in the Karabut experiment can only be consistent with our coherent energy exchange theory if there exists a very strong coupling between lattice vibrations and nuclear transitions. We have examined the problem many times in previous years, usually with the conclusion that there can be no such effect in the non-relativistic problem. This is a consequence of the clean separation between the center of mass dynamics and relative dynamics which occurs in non-relativistic models

Born-Oppenheimer and fixed basis models for vibrations in a metal lattice and phonon fluctuations

Abstract only.Last year we presented results on a model for Karabut's collimated x-rays which seemed to give good agreement with experiment. When writing up the model for publication, we found an error, which forced us to pursue a different version of the model. The issue in the earlier model was that phonon-nuclear coupling based on the relativistic interaction by itself is insufficient to allow for coherent energy exchange between vibrations and nuclear excitation with as much up-conversion as seems to occur in the Karabut experiment. In the new model, we combine phonon-nuclear interactions with electron-phonon interactions to increase the fractionation power of the combined system

Terahertz difference frequency response of pdd in two-laser experiments

In previous work we reported observations of a thermal response from Pd cathodes electrolyzed in heavy water stimulated by a single diode laser. In more recent experiments, stimulation was done using two overlapping weak laser beams, and the cell was observed to respond to the difference frequency. The cell responded to three difference frequencies in the THz range at 8.2 THz, at 15.1 THz, and at 20.8 THz. The first two of these frequencies can be associated with optical phonon frequencies of PdD with zero velocity. We examine the conjectures that the response at 20.8 THz is due to deuterium in vacancies in the gold coating, or due to hydrogen contamination

Imaging of an active LANR quantum electronic component by CR-39

Abstract only.CR-39 has been used by gas and aqueous codeposition LANR systems. This effort examined the impact of ZrO2-PdNiD CF/LANR quantum electronic devices capable of significant energy gain upon CR-39. Chips were used at different distances, and one was placed directly over the NANOR during the irradiation sequence over several days. Examination of the processed CR-39 chips was done by sectioning each chip into 24 pixels, and a count was done by conventional optical microscopy with side imaging which separates out surface noise from deeper pits. There was a fall-off in pit count with increasing distance from the operating system. Most interestingly, the CR39 over the device essentially imaged the active CF/LANR device at very low resolution. The scalar counts of the largest and paired pits over the pixels, as we have done previously with positron emission tomography of tumors, reveal an "image" of the LANR/CF device elicited only after etching the CR-39 to derive the information "written" thereon. The conclusion is that LANR is a nuclear process, and for this system at this power level, the quantitative amount is measurable, can give a spatial image, and is biologically insignificant. In addition, integrating emission-sensitive elements can be used to image the active site of LANR systems