Title: Condensed matter nuclear science (cold fusion): an update

Authors: Jean-Paul Biberian

Addresses: Faculte des Sciences de Luminy, CRMCN-CNRS – Universite d'Aix-Marseille II, 163 Avenue de Luminy, 13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France

Abstract: Seventeen years after the announcement by Professors Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann of the discovery of cold fusion in March 1989, the scientific community does not acknowledge this field as a genuine scientific research theme. However, the scientific demonstration of cold fusion was made long ago by showing the evidence of excess heat production in electrolytic cells and other devices. Also, nuclear ashes have been observed, mainly the formation of helium-4 along with the production of excess heat. What makes this field difficult to accept is the lack of the usual particle emission observed in nuclear science or high-energy physics. In some instances low-level neutron production, X-ray emission and transmutation of elements have been measured. At this point there is no satisfactory theory explaining the unique characteristics of condensed matter nuclear science. Many models have been proposed, several of them using textbook physics.

Keywords: cold fusion; condensed matter nuclear science; low-energy nuclear reaction; excess heat; transmutations; nuclear energy; nuclear power.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNEST.2007.012439

International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology, 2007 Vol.3 No.1, pp.31 - 42

Published online: 13 Feb 2007 *

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