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Low Energy Nuclear Reactions?

Name: Low Energy Nuclear Reactions?
Start: 2013-11-05T16:00:00+01:00
End: 2013-11-05T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Dipartimento di Fisica - Ed. G. Marconi

by Prof. A.D. Polosa (Dip Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma), Prof. R. Faccini (Dip Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma)

Tuesday 5 Nov 2013, 16:00 → 18:00 Europe/Rome

Aula Conversi (Dipartimento di Fisica - Ed. G. Marconi)

Aula Conversi

Dipartimento di Fisica - Ed. G. Marconi

Description

After an introduction to the controversial problem of Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR) catalyzed by neutrons on metallic hydride surfaces we present the results of an experiment, made in collaboration with ENEA Labs in Frascati, to search neutrons from plasma discharges in electrolytic cells. The negative outcome of our experiment goes in the direction of ruling out those theoretical models expecting LENR to occur in condensed matter systems under specific conditions. Our criticism on some of the theoretical foundations of those models will also be presented.