On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Bob Higgins <rj.bob.higg...@gmail.com>wrote:
However, clarifying it this way implies we have an appropriate definition > of "hot fusion" that is amenable to distinguishing from cold fusion or > LENR, or at least limiting its scope. Also, is it hot fusion if you get the normal dd branches with a beam of deuterons focused on a deuterated palladium thin foil, but with the energy of the beam at 300 eV instead of in the keV or MeV, i.e., with a greatly increased cross section (I presume)? It seems like the dramatic increase in the cross section resulting from the palladium environment needs to be explained. I am beginning to suspect that what we're calling "cold fusion" and "hot fusion" are not as distinct as one would like to make them. Eric
