The Rutherford-Harkins-Landau-Chadwick Key–VI. A Proposal for the Reproducible and Irrefutable Cold Fusion Reaction

Jiří Stávek
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Jiří Stávek: Independent Researcher, Czech Republic

European Journal of Applied Physics, 2025, vol. 7, issue 2, 52-60

Abstract: The Fleischmann-Pons experiments have remained a contentious field since their inception in 1989, hampered by inconsistent reproducibility and a lack of theoretical consensus. This article presents two innovations in order to improve the reproducibility and irrefutability of these reactions. The first improvement consists in the controlled application of beta emitters in order to decrease the long induction period of cold fusion reactions and the following use of beta particle absorbers to regulate the electron replicability factor to avoid the runaway of these nuclear reactions. This idea comes from the suggestion of Edward Teller and his electron catalysis that creates in the system Pd/D unknown neutral particles (i.e. dineutrons, trineutrons and tetraneutrons). The second improvement consists in the application of elements with high neutron capture cross sections. This idea was already experimentally realized by Miles and Imam who studied the system Pd/D/Boron where the reproducibility was increased to about 90% and higher excess heat was observed. There are known some other elements with higher neutron capture cross sections that could improve the reproducibility and irrefutability of these reactions. E.g., gadolinium in the system Pd/D/Gd might significantly modify the result of these reactions. Many parallel nuclear reactions proceed in this system, and therefore, the total electron replicability factor has to be controlled during all these processes.

Keywords: Fleischmann-Pons experiment; Rutherford-Harkins-Landau-Chadwick key; Teller’s electron catalysis; variability in excess heat (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.24018/ejphysics.2025.7.2.375

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