New Energy Times - Kim-Zubarev Theory Portal

Yeong Kim proposes that a nuclear Bose-Einstein condensation can suppress the Coulomb barrier and explain most LENR phenomena as a fusion process. The theory is based on the concept of nuclear Bose-Einstein condensate state for mobile deuterons trapped in a micro/nanoscale metal grain or particle, which acts as a confinement or trapping potential.

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Resolution to Huizenga's "Three Miracles of Cold Fusion"

Huizenga's three miracles were:

Miracle #1: the mystery of how the Coulomb barrier is penetrated
Miracle #2: the lack of strong neutron emissions
Miracle #3: the lack of strong emission of gamma or x-rays

Resolution to Miracle #1: none

Resolution to Miracle #2: none

Resolution to Miracle #3: none

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Scientific Papers

Y. E. Kim, "Conventional Nuclear Theory of Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions in Metals: Alternative Approach to Clean Fusion Energy Generation", Purdue Nuclear and Many Body Theory Group (PNMBTG) Preprint PNMBTG-12—7 (July 2012). 17th International Conference on Cold Fusion, Daejeon, Korea, August 12-17, 2012

Y. E. Kim, “Cryogenic Ignition of Deuteron Fusion in Micro/Nano-Scale Metal Particles”, Purdue Nuclear and Many Body Theory Group (PNMBTG) Preprint PNMBTG-11-2011 (November 2011). Invited paper presented at Topical Meeting of the 2012 Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS), the 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 19-23, 2012, the Woodlands, Texas.

Y. E. Kim, “Nuclear Reactions in Micro/Nano-Scale Metal Particles”, invited paper presented at the 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Few-Body Problems in Physics (APFB2011), Seoul, Korea, August 22-26, 2011; to be published in the Proceedings of APFB2011.

Y. E. Kim, “Generalized Theory of Bose-Einstein Condensation Nuclear Fusion for Hydrogen-Metal System”, Purdue Nuclear and Many Body Theory Group (PNMBTG) Preprint PNMBTG-6-2011 (June 2011).

Y. E. Kim, "Theoretical Interpretation of Anomalous Tritium and Neutron Productions during Pd/D Co-deposition Experiments", European Physical Journal 52, 31101 (2010), DOI: 10.1051/epjap/2010161 (published online, November 30, 2010).

Y. E. Kim, "Bose-Einstein Condensate Theory of Deuteron Fusion in Metal", J. Condensed Matter Nucl. Sci. 4, 188 (2011), Proceedings of Symposium on New Energy Technologies, the 239^th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, March 21-26, 2010.

Y.E. Kim, "Theory of Bose-Einstein condensation mechanism for deuteron-induced nuclear reactions in micro/nano-scale metal grains and particles." Naturwissenschaften, 96, 803-811 (2009), DOI 10.1007/s00114-009-0537-6 (published on line, May 14, 2009).

Y.E. Kim, "The 1908 Tunguska Cosmic Body (TCB) Explosion: Role of Hydrogen Thermonuclear Explosion in Support of Cometary Hypothesis", Few-Body Systems 44, 361-363 (2008).

Y.E. Kim and A.L. Zubarev, "Theoretical Interpretation of Anomalous Enhancement of Nuclear Reaction Rates Observed at Low Energies with Metal Targets", Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 46, 1656-1662 (2007)

Y.E. Kim and A.L. Zubarev, "Effect of a Generalized Particle Momentum Distribution on Plasma Nuclear Fusion Rates", Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 45, L552-L554 (June 2, 2006).

Y.E. Kim and A.L. Zubarev, "Hydrodynamic Modes in a Trapped Strongly Interactive Fermi Gas of Atoms", J.Phys.B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 38, L243-L249 (2005).

Y.E. Kim and A.L. Zubarev, "Time-Dependent Density-Functional Theory for Trapped Strongly Interacting Fermionic Atoms", Physical Review A70, 033612 (2004). (This paper has been already referenced in 21 professional journal articles by other authors).

Y.E. Kim and A.L. Zubarev, "Dynamics of Strongly Interacting Fermi Gases of Atoms in a Harmonic Trap", Physics Letters A327, 397 (2004).

Y.E. Kim and A.L. Zubarev, "Three-Body Losses in Trapped Bose-Einstein Condensed Gases", Physical Review A69, 023602 (2004).

Y.E. Kim and A.L. Zubarev, "Cold Bose Gases near Feshbach Resonances", Physics Letters A312, 277 (2003).

Y.E. Kim and A.L. Zubarev, "Density Functional Theory of Bosons in a Trap", Physical Review A67, 015602 (2003).

Y.E. Kim and A.L. Zubarev, "Equivalent Linear Two-Body Method for Bose-Einstein Condensates in Time-Dependent Harmonic Traps", Physical Review A66, 053602 (2002).

A.L.Zubarev and Y.E. Kim, "Approximation for Nonlinear Dynamics of Trapped Bose-Einstein Condensates", Physical Review A65, 035601 (2002).

Y.E. Kim and A.L. Zubarev, "Interacting Electrons in Quantum Dots", Physics Letters A289, 155 (2001).

Y.E. Kim and A.L. Zubarev, "Ground-State of Charged Bosons Confined in a Harmonic Trap", Physical Review A64, 013603(2001).

Y. E. Kim and A. L. Zubarev, "Separable Structure of Many-Body Ground-State Wave Function", Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 33, 3905 (2000)

Y.E. Kim and A.L. Zubarev, "Nuclear Fusion for Bose Nuclei Confined in Ion Traps", Fusion Technology 37, 151 (2000).

Y. E. Kim and A. L. Zubarev, "Equivalent Linear Two-Body Method for Many-Body Problems", Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 33, 55 (2000).

Y. E. Kim and A. L. Zubarev, "Stability of Solution of the Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation for the Bose-Einstein Condensation", Physics Letters A 246, 389 (1998).

Y.E. Kim and A.L. Zubarev, "The Hilbert-Schmidt Theorem Formulation of the R-Matrix Theory", Journal of Physics 31A, 6483 (1998).

Y.E. Kim and A.L. Zubarev, "Asymptotic Continuum Wave Function for Three-Charged Particles", Physical Review A56, 521 (1997).

Y.E. Kim, Y.J. Kim, A.L. Zubarev, and J.-H. Yoon, "Optical Theorem Formulation of Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions", Physical Review C55, 801 (1997).

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