2022/08/15 by Florian Metzler, Metzler, Florian, Camden Hunt +3 · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Applied Physics (physics.app-ph) #Cold Fusion and Nuclear Reactions #FOS: Physical sciences #Isotope Analysis in Ecology
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2208.07245
openalex publication_date 2022/08/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We investigate known mechanisms for enhancing nuclear fusion rates at ambient temperatures and pressures in solid-state environments. In deuterium fusion, on which the paper is focused, an enhancement of >40 orders of magnitude would be needed to achieve observable fusion. We find that mechanisms for fusion rate enhancement up to 30 orders of magnitude each are known across the domains of atomic physics, nuclear physics, and quantum dynamics. Cascading such mechanisms could lead to an overall enhancement of 40 orders of magnitude and more. We present a roadmap with examples of how hypothesis-driven research could be conducted in -- and across -- each domain to probe the plausibility of technologically-relevant fusion in the solid state.