Enhanced low energy fusion rate in palladium (Pd) due to vibrational deuteron dipole-dipole interactions and associated resonant tunneling that over-cancels the Jastrow factor between deuteron pair wavefunctions
| dc.creator | Brown, J. S. | |
| dc.date | 2007-11-12 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T08:42:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T08:42:32Z | |
| dc.description | We show that interstitial hydrogen nucleii on a metallic lattice are strongly coupled to their near neighbours by the unscreened electromagnetic field mediating transitions between low-lying states. We then show that in almost-stoichiometric PdD clusters, in which most interstitial sites are occupied by a deuteron, certain specific superpositions of many-site product states exist that are lower in energy than the single-site ground state, suggesting the existence of a new low temperature phase. The modified behaviour of the two-particle wavefunction at small separations is investigated and prelimary results suggesting an over-canceling of the effective Coulomb barrier are presented. | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0711.1878 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0711.1878 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/141994 | |
| dc.subject | Other Condensed Matter | |
| dc.title | Enhanced low energy fusion rate in palladium (Pd) due to vibrational deuteron dipole-dipole interactions and associated resonant tunneling that over-cancels the Jastrow factor between deuteron pair wavefunctions | |
| dc.type | text |