By cold fusion

1989/05/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Energia

It cannot be denied that the problem of cold fusion will be the star of this year's scientific literature. No news of this problem does not happen days. We will try to reflect as much as possible the evolution of the problem.

Although the cold fusion is newborn, theories begin to be published to explain it. Californian physicist Katherine Whaley hypothesises a boson screening. Deuterions, being a type of boson, can lead to screening of the potential of internuclear Coulomb (repulsion between particles of the same load). This would allow deuterium to pierce energy barriers between particles and fusion.