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OBSERVATION OF WARM NUCLEAR FUSION IN CONDENSED SOUP
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by Joseph D. Lykken
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Santa Cruz Inst. for Particle Physics
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Univ. of Calif., Santa Cruz, CA 95064
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(Work supported by DOE, contract DE-AA03-76SF00010)
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ABSTRACT
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We report the observation of warm nuclear fusion of deuteron pairs
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catalyzed by a concentrated colloidal suspension of avian lipids. We
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present a simple theoretical model relating this process to superstring
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theory, quantum wormholes, fractal geometry, and high temperature
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superconductors. A straightforward scaling argument shows that the
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total annual energy requirements of the United States can be produced
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from approximately 137.03602 g of catalyst.
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1. INTRODUCTION
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Recent observations of cold nuclear fusion of deuteron pairs, through
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electrolysis in solutions of metallic salts, has generated considerable
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excitement in the physics community and elsewhere. The fusion catalysis
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process described by Fleischmann and Pons does, however, have several
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drawbacks when considered as a putative means of mass power generation.
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The process is slow, requiring a continuous electrical power input of sev-
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eral hours before the onset of fusion. In addition, this process requires
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costly palladium or titanium cathodes, as well as highly toxic combinations
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of dissolved metallic salts.
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The modified *warm* fusion process which we have discovered (independently)
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and which is described in this paper suffers none of these disadvantages.
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In our process, the salt solution is augmented by a concentrated colloidal
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suspension of certain avian lipid compounds, available in an inexpensive
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commercial preparation (i.e., Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup) in arbitrarily
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large quantities. This preparation is not only nontoxic, but actually
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healthful. Instead of requiring several hours of applied external current,
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our process induces fusion after gentle heating to 90 degrees Celsius, main-
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tained for five minutes. The palladium cathode is replaced by an inexpensive
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chromium-plated utensil, which is given an approximately circular motion
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induced by elementary mechanical means.
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Since our fusion catalysis technique is so simple, we will not belabor the
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description of the process itself, but instead focus on the analysis of the
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data and present an obvious theoretical model for the underlying physics.
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2. NEUTRON CALORIMETRY AND DATA ANALYSIS
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Although, as we shall demonstrate, our warm fusion technique can readily
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produce a net power output in the terawatt range, our initial experimental
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setup operated at a more modest scale. Rather than resorting to direct
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detection of fusion product neutrons, we employed a highly accurate neutron
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calorimetry procedure. We first measured the total external power supplied
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to our system. This involved reading the electric meter on the circuit
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containing our (electrically powered) heating apparatus, and correcting for
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other power drains on the circuit, such as lightbulbs, radios, and video
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cassette recorders. We then corrected this power reading for the electric-
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ity/heat conversion efficiency of our apparatus, taken from an authoritative
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source (c.f. _The_World_Book_Encyclopedia_). Further corrections were made
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for cosmic ray background radiation incident on our apparatus, energy depos-
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ition from proton decay within the apparatus, and additional heat from minor
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amounts of paprika contamination.
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To determine the total energy output from 300 seconds of catalyzed fusion
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events, 400 cc of the solution was ingested by a 75 kg male homo sapien
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volunteer subject. After a short digestion period, the subject was led
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through a series of mechanical tasks ("The Jane Fonda Ultimate Challenge
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Workout") and the resulting power output -- estimated by sophisticated
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nonlinear biodynamic integro-differential hyperelliptic functional analy-
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sis, simulated numerically on a Cray XMP supercomputer. Details of this
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analysis will be presented in a future publication.
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The results of our analysis for a 400 cc catalytic solution were as follows:
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Total average external power input: 1193.762 watts
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Total average power output: 1196.885 watts
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Net average power output due to fusion: 3.123 watts
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3. THEORETICAL MODEL
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Although our experimental results may seem somewhat surprising to the
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uninitiated, there is a simple theoretical explanation of the underlying
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physics responsible for efficient warm fusion catalysis in lipid sus-
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pensions. As is well known, the principal obstacle to deuteron fusion
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is the Coulombic potential barrier induced by the electrostatic repulsion
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of the positively charged particles. A straightforward application of
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ten-dimensional heterotic superstring dynamics shows that deuterons can
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percolate through the Coulomb barrier through the spontaneous generation
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of quantum wormholes. One can easily see why this process is enhanced
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in the presence of suspended avian lipids by applying the Anthropic
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Principle. Obviously, if the laws of physics did not produce such an
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enhancement, we could not have observed it in our universe, and a
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contradiction of our material existence would result. The perforation of
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the Coulomb barrier by quantum wormholes is elegantly described in terms
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of fractal geometry; an analytic continuation to planar surfaces produces
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analogous electromagnetic anomalies in resonant spin liquids, thus
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explaining the behavior of high temperature superconductors. Details of
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this model will appear in a future publication.
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4. FUTURE OUTLOOK
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We have considered the problem of scaling up our warm fusion technique
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to provide the commercial and strategic defense power requirements of the
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United States. The appropriate scaling law was obtained by repeating our
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initial experiment, but adding only half as much water to our commercial
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preparation as called for in the instructions. With this additional concen-
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tration of the catalytic solution, we obtained a net power output increase
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of 0.00016%. Clearly, by continuing to halve the amount of added water, we
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can obtain an arbitrarily high power of this enhancement factor, and thus
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any level of power output desired. We estimate that, by limiting the amount
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of added water to 3 micrograms (easily accomplished through national tech-
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nical means), more than 10 terawatts of warm fusion power could be produced.
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We strongly urge, and fervently hope, that the power of chicken soup will
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only be used for peaceful purposes.
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