[ExI] Cold fusion paper

[Anders Sandberg]

On 2013-05-26 13:03, Tomaz Kristan wrote:
> The only real question is, whether there is a combination of any 
> (non-radioactive) metal and hydrogen (or some other light stuff) which 
> yields to some significant nuclear reactions under "normal, room" 
> conditions?

Check out the physics on
http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.co.uk/pdf/0-19-856264-0.pdf and
http://www.kayelaby.npl.co.uk/atomic_and_nuclear_physics/4_7/4_7_4.html
This would apply to cold fusion too. You need to get up to tens of keV 
of energy to get any fusion reactions, compress stuff to 10^9 g/cm^3, or 
add muons. It looks like there are no ordinary elements that gives you 
nuclear reactions at normal temperatures or densities. Deuterium is the 
most fusable element you can get - a decent cross section, large energy 
gain, and reacts at low energies. Unfortunately the darn thing is pretty 
stable under room conditions.

-- 
Dr Anders Sandberg
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford Martin School
Oxford University