Virtual State Internal Nuclear Fusion in Metal Lattices

A model of deuteriumdeuterium DD fusion in metal lattices presented based on two phenomena: a reactions between virtualstate pairs of deuter ons “bound ” by electrons of high eective mass m * and b deuterium energy upscattering by fast ions from fusion or tritium reactions with virtual state nu clear structure groups in palladium nuclei. Since m * is a decreasing function of deuterium ion bulk density 0, the exponential barrier tunneling factor de creases rapidly with m*. As a result, the fusion rate reaches a maximum at a loading density above zero but less than saturation. This can explain observations of transient neutron output from the 3He,n branch of D D fusion. At low energy, DD reactions favor the T,p branch. Fast product tritium may be captured by palla dium isotopes to form excitedstate Ag*, removing trit ium from the system and preventing deuteriumtritium fusion. This may decay by alpha or proton emission, yielding fast ions and excited state Rh * or Pd*. Fast ion collisional “trapping ” may occur at Fermi electron speeds, enhancing in situ upscattering and yielding in creased DD reaction rates. Analysis of the dynamics of these processes suggest conditions for exponential growth