Coherent Zener Breakdown and Tunneling in Finite Lattices: Why Nano-Scale PdD Crystals Can Turn-on Faster

摘要

Two persistent questions have been: 1. Why is it oftenrnnecessary to wait for a finite period of time before thernExcess Heat effect is observed after palladium (Pd) hasrnbeen sufficiently loaded with deuterium (D), that the nearrnfull-loading condition (PdDx, 0.85 ~< xu00021) that isrnrequired for Excess Heat, has been achieved? 2. Is itrnpossible to identify physical properties of the materialsrnand/or crystals that are used that might be playing a rolernin the length of the interval of time associated with thisrnphenomenon? In the paper, I use a generalization ofrnband theory to address both questions.