related to the experimental paper of Ultradense Nuclear Fusion in Metallic Lithium (wher Ikegami is co-author), my eyes get caught by a serie of theory paper by Hidetsugu Ikegami (THE NATURE OF THE CHEMONUCLEAR TRANSITION) in a comment.


Those papers propose the concept of "Chemonuclear Fusion".
he talk of "Pycnonuclear and Chemonuclear Reactions".

The theory call fro quantum coherence, screening...
Quote Originally Posted by Hidetsugu Ikegami
In any atoms all s-orbital electrons are interpenetrating the nuclei then and there interacting with protons and neutrons electromagnetically. This feature indicates the possible influences of the s-electrons on the nuclear kinetics, which is predicted already late in the 1930's as the -decay through orbital electron capture. This nuclear penetration effect was extensively explained in the internal electron conversion early in the 1960's.
The electric monopole (E0) isometric transition through the internal electron conversion is the most typical nuclear penetration eect. The author himself was involved in explaining these phenomena from 1950's to 1960's.
The valence s-electrons in the atoms reveal the thermodynamic collective features in the spontaneous chemical reactions in the liquid solutions. These features likely transfer into the nuclear reactions through the collective dynamics of valence and mobile s-electrons in the thermodynamically stable alloy liquid i.e. solution of metallic solvent with valence s-electrons. Here macroscopically distinct parts of the valence s-electrons xed by the reactant nuclei are correlated and a long range coherence are developed in the liquid revealing the collective dynamics of nuclei through the interaction with the macroscopically correlated valence and mobile s-electrons in the alloy liquid.
The rst suggestive evidence supporting the above consideration appeared in the astronomical research on the enormously enhanced pycnonuclear fusion reaction in the metallic hydrogen liquid in stars e.g. supernova progenitors of white dwarfs. The mechanism of this reaction seemed to be the nuclear fusion enhanced by the coupled spontaneous chemical reaction forming the united atoms in the liquid of metal atoms with valence s-electrons. Based on this conjecture, the author observed successfully the enormously enhanced fusion reactions in the metallic Li liquids under the collaborations with R. Pettersson in Uppsala and T. Watanabe in Sakura/Tokyo. The above described enhanced nuclear reations or transitions are generally expected through the spontaneous chemical
reactions coupled with the nuclear transitions in the thermodynamically stable liquids.
The enhanced nuclear transitions -- chemonuclear reaction/transition called after
S. Kullander -- open up broad ways providing new energy and matter resources.
In this book introduced are some typical applications of chemonuclear transition:
1. Chemonuclear Fusion of Hydrogen Clusters in Li permeated Metal-Hydrogen Systems -- Supernova on Earth
2. Hydrogen and Helium Burning Chemonuclear Chain Reactions -- Big Bang Nucleosynthesis on Earth
3. Chemonuclear Transition Th/U Reactor -- Switch-over of Reactor to Waste-free Hybrid Reactor
4. Waste-vanishing Induced Nuclear Decay

The author hopes that this publication will stimulate continued development concerning the concept "Chemonuclear Transition".

Uppsala in October 2012


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Chemonuclear fusion was found to be pycnonuclear reactions in the metallic Li-liquids.
Enormous enhancement mechanism in both reactions is common to ionic reactions in metallic liquids. The enhancement is common bulk / collective features of spontaneous reactions caused by the thermodynamic activity of the liquids. Though the present theory is rather simple, predicted enhancements seem to be reliable because they are evaluated empirically based on the thermodynamic data.
The chemonuclear fusion opens ways towards the wasteless energy resources and has the significance "Supernova on Earth".
an interesting point is the comments made on Bologna E-cat experimental results, claiming tha his theory match the apprents results :
Comparison between Chemonuclear Fusion Theory and Bologna Experiment
Due to the lack of detailed information on the Bologna experiment, it is not possible to compare rigorously the present prediction and the experimental results. Nevertheless, the observation results of Bologna group seem to be suggestive some coincidences of the prediction in Section 12 [29-33].

1) In Bologna, no 5.5 MeV gamma ray was observed as prediction i). Instead later, the 0.511 MeV annihilation gamma ray might be detected and correspond to the occurence of the reaction Eq.(8).
2) The observed power output of the Bologna device charging some tens gram Ni and ordinary hydrogen gas might be some kW. This is consistent with prediction ii), iii) and iv).
3) The Bologna data on the power output is said to be gained through supplying D2-gas, which correspond to prediction iii).
4) Corresponding to prediction ii), iii), iv) and vi), a very small percent fraction of Ni might be transmuted into Cu during a few months continued operation of device. A small part of annihilation gamma rays observed might be due to the positron decay of 60Cu produced in the 58Ni(3He; p)60Cu reaction.