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Is ‘Cold Fusion’ More Than Just Cold Confusion?

Wednesday, September 22, 2010 Department of Physics and Astronomy University of New Mexico Most people know of the 'Cold Fusion' controversy from the intense activity that surrounded the March, 1989 press release at the University of Utah by Fleischman and Ponds. In fact, the first publication regarding a possible nuclear process in deuterium-loaded palladium occurred in Germany in September, 1926, by Paneth and Peters, which was later retracted.  Since 1989 there have been over 200 experimental reports of excess heat in this system.  These measurements suggest that these excess heat results are real, but the physical origin of this heat remains unclear.  In this talk I will present data both in support of, and in opposition to, the hypothesis that this excess heat originates from a fusion reaction, and I will suggest a series of measurements that could test this hypothesis further. I will also discuss how in fact verified 'cold fusion' is catalyzed by muons in a well understood way, and discuss hypothetical ways in which palladium may act as a catalyst itself.  I am not out to attempt to 'prove' or to 'disprove' cold fusion, but rather to discuss it objectively based on recent data, applying only the Scientific Method. Rob V. Duncan, Ph.D. Vice Chancellor for Research Professor of Physics University of Missouri