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Cold fusion research is often referenced by proponents as "low-energy nuclear reactions", or LENR, [88] but according to sociologist Bart Simon the "cold fusion" label continues to serve a social function in creating a collective identity for the field.
Consequently, alpha particles appear frequently on the right-hand side of nuclear reactions. The energy released in a nuclear reaction can appear mainly in one of three ways: kinetic energy of the product particles (fraction of the kinetic energy of the charged nuclear reaction products can be directly converted into electrostatic energy); [5]
The Widom–Larsen theory is a proposed explanation for supposed Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR) developed in 2005 by Allan Widom and Lewis Larsen. In the paper describing the idea, they claim that ultra low momentum neutrons are produced in the cold fusion apparatuses [1] during weak interactions when protons capture "heavy" electrons from metallic hydride surfaces. [2]
The IBD reaction can only be initiated when the antineutrino possesses at least 1.806 MeV [3] [4] of kinetic energy (called the threshold energy). This threshold energy is due to a difference in mass between the products (e + and n) and the reactants (ν e and p) and also slightly due to a relativistic mass effect on the antineutrino. Most of ...
The SLOWPOKE (acronym for Safe LOW-POwer Kritical Experiment) is a family of low-energy, tank-in-pool type nuclear research reactors designed by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) beginning in the late 1960s. John W. Hilborn (born 1926 or 1927 [1]) is the scientist most closely associated with their design. [2]
In 2008 Rossi attempted to patent a device called an Energy Catalyzer (or E-Cat), which was a purported cold fusion or Low-Energy Nuclear Reaction (LENR) thermal power source. [7] [8] Rossi claimed that the device produces massive amounts of excess heat that could be used to produce electricity, but independent attempts to reproduce the effect ...
Storm's work is listed in the Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. 2013 Report on cold fusion, ... Storms, E. (2007). Science Of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction, The: A ...
The energy of these rays is sometimes sufficient to start photonuclear reactions resulting in emitted neutrons. One such reaction, 14 7 N (γ,n) 13 7 N, is the only natural process other than those induced by cosmic rays in which 13 7 N is produced on Earth. The unstable isotopes remaining from the reaction may subsequently emit positrons by β ...