Towards Reconciliation and Collaboration: Bridging Low Energy Nuclear Reactions and Mainstream Nuclear Physics

Jiří Stavek
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Jiří Stavek: Independent Researcher, Czech Republic

European Journal of Applied Physics, 2025, vol. 7, issue 2, 61-67

Abstract: Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR), often associated with the controversial history of “cold fusion,” have persisted as a topic of scientific interest for over three decades, despite limited acceptance in mainstream nuclear physics. While the LENR community has documented anomalous thermal effects and transmutation phenomena in metal-hydrogen systems, these results remain underexplored by conventional nuclear theory and experimental frameworks. This paper proposes a constructive path forward: a call for interdisciplinary collaboration between LENR researchers and mainstream nuclear physicists. We examine how such cooperation could enhance the reproducibility, theoretical interpretation, and credibility of LENR investigations, while simultaneously offering nuclear physics a unique opportunity to revisit unexplained low-energy phenomena. Through a synthesis of both communities’ strengths, we argue that a collaborative scientific effort can lead to new insights, potential breakthroughs, and the resolution of long-standing anomalies. The reality of nuclear reactions in the original Fleischmann-Pons electrolytic cell can be newly interpreted if we will analyze the joint contributions of all active nuclei contained in that cell: in the PYREX glass, the used solution D2O with 0.1 mol/l LiOD, Pd/D cathode, Pt anode, brass resistance heater, thermistor temperature probe, and the Kel F support plug. The simultaneous action of those nuclei can create excess heat that cannot be explained by chemical reactions. These “hidden” nuclear reactions effectively protected an acceptable interpretation based on the standard nuclear physics.

Keywords: Fleischmann-Pons experiment; hidden nuclear reactions; observed excess heat; Teller’s electron catalysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.24018/ejphysics.2025.7.2.377

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