In this theoretical study, what is emphasized is that the presence of micro-cracks in the lattice structure increases the probability of tunneling effect between two deuterons by some orders of magnitude with respect to non-deformed lattices. We have derived an expression to compute the tunneling probability within a micro-crack, and we have hypothesized a D+2-D+2 binding mechanism. Finally, the overall indications provided by these theoretical simulations seem to suggest that the deformation of the crystalline lattice, at varying temperature, could influence the process of tunneling between the deuterons in the metal, while the forced loading with D2 has, in general, no evident positive effects in pure metals. On the contrary, in some particular cases, it could condition the phenomenon negatively.

Study of the tunneling effect within lattices with cubic structure on varying temperature

241st National Meeting (2011)

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