22 Dec 2014 there was a presentation of the paper by V. Dubinko Low-energy Nuclear Reactions Driven by Discrete Breathers
J. Condensed Matter Nuclear Science, 14 (2014) 87-107. in the Institute of Nuclear Research, Kiev, Ukraine
A new mechanism of LENR in solids is proposed, in which DBs play the role of a catalyzer via extreme dynamic closing of adjacent H/D atoms required for the tunneling through the Coulomb barrier.
The present mechanism explains all the salient LENR requirements: (i, ii) long initiation time and high loading of D within the Pd lattice as preconditioning needed to prepare small PdD crystals, in which DBs can be excited more easily, and (iii, iv) the triggering by D flux or electric current, which facilitates the DB creation by the input energy transformed into the lattice vibrations.
The model (under selected set of material parameters) describes quantitatively the observed exponential dependence on temperature and linear dependence on the electric (or ion) current.
Results are based only on the known physical principles and on independent atomistic simulations of DBs in metals and ion crystals using realistic many-body interatomic potentials.
An outstanding goal of this research is to suggest new ways of engineering the nuclear active environment by creating BNC (by special doping and mechanical treatment), which are proposed to be the most constitutive catalyzer of LENR.
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