Experimental observation of nuclear reactions in palladium and uranium - Possible explanation by hydrex mode

Citation
J. Dufour et al., Experimental observation of nuclear reactions in palladium and uranium - Possible explanation by hydrex mode, FUSION SC T, 40(1), 2001, pp. 91-106
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Emgineering
Journal title
FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ISSN journal
07481896 → ACNP
Volume
40
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
91 - 106
Database
ISI
SICI code
0748-1896(200107)40:1<91:EOONRI>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Experiments with uranium are presented that show a highly exothermal reacti on, which can only be of nuclear origin. One striking point of these result s is that they clearly show that what is being observed is not some kind ef fusion reaction of the deuterium present (only exceedingly small amounts of it are present). This is a strong indication that hydrogen can trigger nuc lear reactions that seem to involve the nuclei of the lattice (which would yield a fission-like pattern of products). Confronted with a situation wher e some experiments in the field yield a fusion-like pattern of products (CF experiments) and others a fissionlike one (LENR experiments), one can reas onably wonder whether one is not observing two aspects of the same phenomen on. Thus, it is proposed to describe CF and LENR reactions as essentially t he same phenomenon based on the possible existence of a still hypothetical proton/electron resonance, which would catalyze fissionlike reactions with a neutron sink.(1) Finally, a series of experiments is proposed to assess t his hypothesis.