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| Title: | PROPOSAL FOR NEW EXPERIMENTAL TESTS OF THE BOSE–EINSTEIN CONDENSATION MECHANISM FOR LOW-ENERGY NUCLEAR REACTION AND TRANSMUTATION PROCESSES IN DEUTERIUM LOADED MICRO- AND NANO-SCALE CAVITIES | |
| DOI No: | 10.1142/9789812774354_0057 | |
| Source: | CONDENSED MATTER NUCLEAR SCIENCE (pp 703-710) | |
| Author(s): | YEONG E. KIM
Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA DAVID S. KOLTICK Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA RONALD G. REIFENBERGER Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA ALEXANDER L. ZUBAREV Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA |
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| Abstract: | Most of experimental results of low-energy nuclear reaction (LENR) reported so far cannot be reproduced on demand. There have been persistent experimental results indicating that the LENR and transmutation processes in condensed matters (LENRTPCM) are surface phenomena rather than bulk phenomena. Recently proposed Bose–Einstein condensation (BEC) mechanism may provide a suitable theoretical description of the surface phenomena. New experiments are proposed and described for testing the BEC mechanism for LENR and transmutation processes in micro- and nano-scale traps. (1) We propose the use of micro- or nano-porous conducting materials as a cathode in electrolysis experiments with heavy water with or without Li in order to stabilize the active surface spots and to enhance the effect for the purpose of improving the reproducibility of excess heat generation and nuclear emission. (2) We propose new experimental tests of the BEC mechanism by measuring the pressure and temperature dependence of LENR events using deuterium gas and these deuterated metals with or without Li. If the LENRTPCM are surface phenomena, the proposed use of micro-/nano-scale porous materials is expected to enhance and scale up the LENRTPCM effects by many order of magnitude, and thus may lead to better reproductivity and theoretical understanding of the phenomena. | |
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