From The New Fire on twitter, an interesting article (or not), to be analysed by competent eyes.
https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.10261
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.042501
https://journals.aps.org/prl/a…03/PhysRevLett.119.042501
Novel Role of Superfluidity in Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 042501 – Published 25 July 2017
ABSTRACT
We demonstrate, within symmetry unrestricted time-dependent density functional theory, the existence of new effects in low-energy nuclear reactions which originate from superfluidity. The dynamics of the pairing field induces solitonic excitations in the colliding nuclear systems, leading to qualitative changes in the reaction dynamics. The solitonic excitation prevents collective energy dissipation and effectively suppresses the fusion cross section. We demonstrate how the variations of the total kinetic energy of the fragments can be traced back to the energy stored in the superfluid junction of colliding nuclei. Both contact time and scattering angle in noncentral collisions are significantly affected. The modification of the fusion cross section and possibilities for its experimental detection are discussed.
As I understand this is not the cold fusion "LENR", but the Heavy-Ions LENR, like plutonium nucleus, assuming the nuclei inside the respective nucleus are considered superfluid.
I cannot judge the quality of the paper, but the abstract propose that fusion cross section is suppressed, which could support the "slow fusion" concept of Edmund Storms, explaining why there are seldom energetic outcome (no 24MeV gamma or alike)...
Anyway this does not directly applies to Cold Fusion LENR, but it may raise ideas...
