% Year 2003; there are 11 entries. @article{Afon2003, author = {D.~D. Afonichev and M.~A. Murzinova}, title = {Indicator of the process of cold fusion}, journal = {Int. J. Hydrogen Energy}, volume = {28}, year = {2003}, pages = {1005--1010}, keywords = {Experimental, Ti alloy, D2, gas phase, neutrons, tritium, SEM, EM, res+}, submitted = {04/2002}, published = {09/2003}, annote = {Ti alloyed with Al, Mo, Zr and Si was loaded with D2 gas, and neutrons measured, as well as tritium. Electromagnetic radiation was found to be emitted, probably from surface layers, as the samples were deformed mechanically to possibly induce cold fusion. Tritium, uniformly distributed through the material was found, exceeding by 50\% the ambient levels. The authors suggest that cold fusion took place via the normal tritium branch and that radio emissions may have led other workers to believe they had detected neutrons, which were not found in this study.} } @article{Arat2003, author = {Y. Arata and Y.~C. Zhang and H. Fujita and A. Inoue}, title = {Discovery of solid deuterium nuclear fusion of pycnodeuterium-lumps solidified locally within nano-Pd particles}, journal = {Koon Gakkaishi}, volume = {29}, year = {2003}, number = {2}, pages = {68.}, keywords = {Experimental, gas phase, Ti, excess heat, helium, res+}, submitted = {02/2003}, annote = {The Arata et al team deviates from their previous electrolysis experiments and does a gas-phase one, using nano-sized Pd particles and D2 gas. There were temperature excursions and 4He was produced. The team speculates that there may have been metallic deuterium inside the Pd particles, causing the nuclear reaction. A practical nuclear reactor will very soon be realised on this basis.} } @article{Bush2003, author = {B. Bush and J.~J. Lagowski}, title = {Comments on 'Search for 3He and 4He in Arata-style palladium cathodes I: a negative result.' and 'Search for 3He and 4He in Arata-style palladium cathodes II: evidence for tritium production'}, journal = {Fusion Sci. Technol.}, volume = {43}, year = {2003}, pages = {134--135}, keywords = {Polemic}, submitted = {10/2001}, published = {01/2003}, annote = {The authors of the papers commented on here assumed that the tritium they found originated inside the Arata/Zhang Pd bottle; B \& L say that it could have been produced by cold fusion outside the bottle and transported through the walls along with the deuterium. Their own experiments also indicate a nuclear origin of the 3He, as its ratio to atmospheric 4He and Ne is too low for it to be due to contamination from the air.} } @article{Clar2003a, author = {W.~B. Clarke and B.~M. Oliver}, title = {Reponse to 'Comments on 'Search for 3He and 4He in Arata-style palladium cathodes I: a negative result.' and 'Search for 3He and 4He in Arata-style palladium cathodes II: evidence for tritium production'}, journal = {Fusion Sci. Technol.}, volume = {43}, year = {2003}, pages = {135--136}, keywords = {Polemic}, submitted = {12/2001}, published = {01/2003}, annote = {Responding to the polemic of Bush and Lagowski in the same issue, p. 134, the authors write that among other evidence, there was a negative gradient of 3He in the bottle wall, showing that the tritium was generated inside the bottle. The B \& L hypothesis, that tritium was generated outside the bottle and transported into it, was considered but is contradicted by the experimental results.} } @article{Clar2003b, author = {W.~B. Clarke}, title = {Production of 4He in D2-loaded palladium-carbon catalyst I}, journal = {Fusion Sci. Technol.}, volume = {43}, year = {2003}, pages = {122--127}, keywords = {Experimental, Pd/C gas phase, res-}, submitted = {11/2001}, published = {01/2003}, annote = {Clarke performed a check on Case's experiment, in which he heated some Pd-laced carbon powder with D2 and H2, and found a steady increase in 4He; this was also repeated by some other workers. Clarke used Pb tubes, which he knew from experience were impervious to He. Results showed no 4He content or 3He/4He rations other than what could be expected from simple contamination or prior content in the materials used, so Case and the others were either lucky, or victims of a systematic error. Clarke leans towards the latter explanation.} } @article{Fuku2003, author = {M. Fukuhara}, title = {Neutral pion-catalyzed fusion in palladium lattice}, journal = {Fusion Sci. Technol.}, volume = {43}, year = {2003}, pages = {128--133}, keywords = {Theory, res +}, submitted = {01/2002}, published = {01/2003}, annote = {The author applies symmetric meson theory and concludes that cold fusion is reasonable.} } @article{Krug2003, author = {E.~P. Kruglyakov and I.~B. Khriplovich}, title = {On the experiments in the field of 'low-energy nuclear transformations'}, journal = {Dokl. Phys. Chem.}, volume = {392}, year = {2003}, pages = {249.}, keywords = {Polemic}, submitted = {06/2003}, published = {10/2003}, annote = {This comments on a paper in the same journal by Krymskii et al, ibid 385 (2002) 197, which had claimed observation of nuclear changes effected by em pulses. The present authors state that the elements claimed to have been produced in the earlier work (Cu, Fe) could simply be the result of redistribution of existing elements in a nonhomogeneous lump of alloy. Also, none of the references cited is to serious refereed journals, and the authors are not competent in nuclear physics, write the authors. They do ignore the disappearance of Zn in the aqueous solution experiment, which cannot have the same explanation.} } @article{Mill2003, author = {R. L. Mills}, title = {No title}, note = {Author's Response to a Letter to the Editor}, journal = {Int. J. Hydrogen Energy}, volume = {28}, year = {2003}, pages = {359--360}, keywords = {Polemic}, annote = {Mills responds here to a Letter on a preceding page (Seifritz W; ibid. p. 357) pointing out an inconsistency in Mills' book. In a large number of points, Seifritz' criticism is refuted. The Big Bang is not real either.} } @article{Ohmo2003, author = {T. Ohmori and H. Yamada and S. Narita and T. Mizuno and Y. Aoki}, title = {Enrichment of 41K isotope in potassium formed on and in a rhenium electrode during plasma electrolysis in K2CO3/H2O and K2CO3/D2O solutions}, journal = {J. Appl. Electrochem.}, volume = {33}, year = {2003}, pages = {643--646}, keywords = {Transmutation, Re, plasma electrolysis, res+}, submitted = {06/2002}, published = {07/2003}, annote = {Plasma electrolysis is electrolysis at very high current density, here 4A/cm$^2$, where a glowing plasma layer is formed between the electrode and the electrolyte. A rhenium cathode was used here, in the title electrolyte. The plasma mostly glowed with a bluish violet colour, with intermittent bursts of reddish violet. After electrolysis, surface layer analysis using Auger electron spectroscopy and time of flight mass spectroscopy showed that in both light and heavy water electrolytes, there was an overabundance of 41K in the surface layers of the cathode, around 21-36\%, compared to the natural isotope level of 7\%. The method was checked by measuring on electrodes before electrolysis. The expected 7\% was found here. No error bars are provided.} } @article{Seif2003, author = {W. Seifritz}, title = {(Letter to the Editor)}, journal = {Int. J. Hydrogen Energy}, volume = {28}, year = {2003}, pages = {357}, keywords = {Polemic}, annote = {Seifritz comments on the book by R. Mills. He points out an inconsistency between eq. (165) in Chap. 28 and eq. (168). Also, the Big Bang is not included in Mills' model.} } @article{Sun2003, author = {Y. Sun and Q.~F. Zhang and Q.~Q. Gou}, title = {The crystal change and 'excess heat' produced by long time electrolysis of heavy water with titanium cathode}, journal = {Chin. J. At. Mol. Phys.}, volume = {20}, year = {2003}, pages = {69--74}, keywords = {Experimental, electrolysis, Ti, calorimetry, res+}, submitted = {05/2002}, published = {01/2003}, annote = {Their earlier experiment was repeated here, at longer times. Excess heat increased with time, appearing only after 10 days. It was also obtained by a "boiling dry" experiment. Excess energy was about 3.6 times that input, coming out as 122 W/cm$^3$. Post mortem crystallography showed that the metal's crystal structure had changed from its original hexagonal to the new cubic structure of TiD2.} }