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Scenario for cold fusion by free quark catalysis

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Il Nuovo Cimento A (1965-1970)

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Fleischmann and Pons have reported the astonishing results of watts of power from cold deuteron fusion without large amounts of radiation. We present a scenario in which small numbers of free stable\(\bar u\bar u = Q\) anti-diquarks (electric charge of −4/3, mass of a few GeV, and short-range strong repulsion with hadrons) catalyze the deuteron fusion. The reaction channel4He+Q dominates. We predict bursts of neutrons with a 3-body energy spectrum. However, independently of the findings of these experiments, the Q catalysis is attractive in that it could provide large power production, with relatively low radioactivity, if this kind of matter is found and accumulated.

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  1. Physics Department, University of California, 92717, Irvine, CA

    G. L. Shaw & M. Shin

  2. Physics and Astronomy Department, San Francisco State University, 94132, San Francisco, CA

    R. W. Bland

  3. Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Trieste, 34100, Trieste

    L. Fonda

  4. Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 94720, Berkeley, CA

    H. S. Matis & H. G. Pugh

  5. Los Alamos National Laboratory, 87545, Los Alamos, NM

    R. Slansky

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Shaw, G.L., Shin, M., Bland, R.W. et al. Scenario for cold fusion by free quark catalysis. Nuov Cim A 102, 1441–1447 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02800350

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