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experimental results last longer than theories
Sorry to hear Kim passed away in 2020. I remember he and his connection to LENR/Defkalion story very well. For all his genius, he was probably taken advantage of by some unsavory characters.
I heard Pine Demon and thought of Jersery Devil. Being from Philly, we heard more than a few scary stories about being in the Pine Barrens late at night!
I grew up on the outskirts of the pine barrens in South Jersey.
Display MoreOn the contrary, I am concerned that as workers die or exit the field for other pursuits, much work will be lost and must be rediscovered. For example, Dr. Yeong E. Kim is (was?) a theoretical physics professor at Purdue University.
He specialized in low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR), which occurs in a plasma. These theories were informed through his work on the Defkalion system but he left the field after working with IH a short time later.
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Dr. Kim has published extensively on LENR and has presented his theory at conferences but his work has be disregarded over time by current workers.
His theory were based on the concept that a nuclear Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) can suppress the Coulomb barrier. He believed this can explain most LENR phenomena as a fusion process. More to the point in the context of this thread, He also believed that coherence from BEC eliminates radioactive byproducts from the LENR reaction.
