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Possible Resonant Mechanism of Cold Fusion

Wladyslaw Zakowicz

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 19 / Number 1 / January 1991 / Pages 170-173

Technical Note on Cold Fusion / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29326

A hypothesis of resonant deuteron-deuteron interaction under cold fusion conditions is discussed. The resonance may exist due to a combination of an attractive nuclear interaction at close distances and a repulsive Coulomb potential at large distances. The energy of such resonances may be very low. This effect may increase the reaction cross section and reaction rates in high-density deuteron hydrides.