During years I have developed two models of cold fusion and the decision to build a more quantitative model led to a model combining these models together. The basic idea of the resulting TGD based model of cold is that cold fusion occurs in two steps. First dark nuclei (large heff=n× h) with much lower binding energy than ordinary nuclei are formed at magnetic flux tubes possibly carrying monopole flux. These nuclei can leak out the system along magnetic flux tubes. Under some circumstances these dark nuclei can transform to ordinary nuclei and give rise to detectable fusion products.
An essential additional condition is that the dark protons can decay to neutrons rapidly enough by exchanges of dark weak bosons effectively massless below atomic length scale. This allows to overcome the Coulomb wall and explains why final state nuclei are stable and the decay to ordinary nuclei does not yield only protons. Thus it seems that the model inspired by Pollack's findings combined with the TGD variant of Widom-Larsen model could explain nicely the existing data. In particular, the model explains the strange findings about cold fusion - in particular the fact that only stable nuclei are produced and the composition of produced nuclei is the naturally occurring one- and suggests that also ordinary nuclear reactions might have more fundamental description in terms of similar model. This would mean the replacement of the existing models of nuclear physics with much deeper and simpler theory.
After this unifying step I am convinced that cold fusion is real. There is no doubt about it. Not only because TGD explains all the peculiar observations interpreted by skeptics as a sign of fraud but also because the success of the model gives very strong support for p-adic length scale hypothesis, dark matter hierarchy with dark matter residing at magnetic flux tubes, and also dark variants of weak interaction physics. Also a precise quantitative view about large parity breaking in living matter leading to chiral selection emerges. Also a concrete suggestion for making cold fusion effective manner to produce energy and new elements by transmutation emerges: the problem of old approaches is that dark nuclei leaks out from the system along magnetic flux tubes.
In the article and new chapter (see links below) I will describe the steps leading to the TGD inspired model for cold fusion combining the earlier TGD variant of Widom-Larsen model with the model inspired by the TGD inspired model of Pollack's fourth phase of water using as input data findings from laser pulse induced cold fusion discovered by Leif Holmlid and collaborators. I consider briefly also alternative options (models assuming surface plasma polariton and heavy electron). After that I apply TGD inspired model in some cases (Pons-Fleischman effect, bubble fusion, and LeClair effect).
For a summary of earlier postings see Links to the latest progress in TGD.
Kwa miaka mingi nimeendeleza mifano miwili ya fusion baridi na uamuzi wa kujenga mfano zaidi kiasi imesababisha mfano kuchanganya mifano hii pamoja. Wazo la msingi la mfano wa TGD unaotokana na baridi ni kwamba fusion baridi hutokea katika hatua mbili. Nyuklia nyeusi (heff kubwa = n × h) na nishati ya kuunganisha ya chini zaidi kuliko nyuklia za kawaida huundwa katika mirija ya mtiririko wa sumaku ambayo inaweza kubeba mtiririko wa monopole. Nyuklia hizo zaweza kuvuja nje ya mfumo huo kupitia mirija ya sumaku. Chini ya hali fulani nyuklia hizo nyeusi zaweza kubadilika kuwa nyuklia za kawaida na kutokeza vitu vinavyoweza kugunduliwa. Hali ya ziada muhimu ni kwamba protoni nyeusi inaweza kuharibika kwa neutroni haraka vya kutosha na kubadilishana kwa bosons nyeusi dhaifu ufanisi massless chini ya kiwango cha urefu wa atomu. Hii inaruhusu kushinda ukuta wa Coulomb na inaelezea kwa nini nyuklia za hali ya mwisho ni thabiti na uharibifu wa nyuklia za kawaida hautoi protoni tu. Kwa hivyo inaonekana kwamba mfano ulioongozwa na matokeo ya Pollack pamoja na lahaja ya TGD ya mfano wa Widom-Larsen inaweza kuelezea vizuri data zilizopo. Kwa mfano, mfano huo unaelezea matokeo ya ajabu kuhusu fusion baridi - hasa ukweli kwamba tu nyuklia imara hutengenezwa na muundo wa nyuklia zinazozalishwa ni moja ya asili - na inaonyesha kwamba pia athari za kawaida za nyuklia zinaweza kuwa na maelezo ya msingi zaidi katika suala la mfano kama huo. Hii ingemaanisha kubadilisha mifano iliyopo ya fizikia ya nyuklia na nadharia ya kina zaidi na rahisi zaidi. Baada ya hatua hii ya kuunganisha nina hakika kwamba fusion baridi ni ya kweli. Hakuna shaka kuhusu hilo. Si tu kwa sababu TGD inaelezea uchunguzi wote wa kipekee unaofasiriwa na washukiwa kama ishara ya udanganyifu, lakini pia kwa sababu mafanikio ya mfano hutoa msaada mkubwa sana kwa nadharia ya p-adic ya urefu wa urefu, safu ya madini ya giza na madini ya giza ya magharibi ya magharibi ya magharibi ya magharibi, na pia tofauti za giza za fizikia ya mwingiliano dhaifu. Pia mtazamo sahihi wa kiasi kuhusu kuvunjika kwa usawa mkubwa katika vitu vya kuishi vinavyoongoza kwa uteuzi wa chiral hutokea. Pia, pendekezo halisi la kufanya fusion baridi njia ya ufanisi ya kuzalisha nishati na vipengele vipya kwa njia ya transmutation inaonekana: tatizo la mbinu za zamani ni kwamba nyuklia giza leaks nje ya mfumo pamoja na mabomba magnetic flux. Katika makala hii, nitaelezea hatua zinazoongoza kwa mfano wa fusion ya baridi iliyoongozwa na TGD, ikiunganisha aina ya awali ya TGD ya mfano wa Widom-Larsen na mfano ulioongozwa na TGD ya hatua ya nne ya maji ya Pollack, kwa kutumia kama matokeo ya data ya pembejeo kutoka kwa fusion ya baridi iliyoongozwa na msukumo wa laser, iliyochimbuliwa na Leif Holtzfeld na washirika wake. Mimi pia kuzingatia kwa ufupi chaguzi mbadala (mfano kudhani uso plasma polariton na electron nzito). Baada ya hapo mimi kutumia TGD aliongoza mfano katika baadhi ya kesi (Pons-Fleischman athari, Bubble fusion, na LeClair athari). Kwa muhtasari wa machapisho ya awali angalia Viungo kwa maendeleo ya hivi karibuni katika TGD.