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| I argue that the real barrier for understanding how cold fusion reactions can take place, in the Fleischmann-Pons effect (FPE), is not overcoming the “Coulomb Barrier” but involves understanding related to how reactions can occur, based on the known laws of quantum mechanics. A key aspect of this is recognizing that quantum mechanics does not require that the “picture” that is used in conventional fusion should apply. By including a more appropriate “picture” that includes electromagnetism in a time-dependent fashion and the idea that many particles can be involved, seemingly “impossible” aspects of the “conventional picture” become “not so impossible,” and, in fact, become “quite reasonable.” In the paper, details about how this can take place are explained. A particular mechanism involving resonant electromagnetic dynamics is discussed. The associated picture is consistent with the known laws of physics, and the underlying ideas suggested by Giuliano Preparata. |
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New Energy Technology
8:30 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday, March 24, 2009 Hilton -- Alpine Ballroom West, Oral
Division of Environmental Chemistry |