Accumulation and tunnel decay of Pd nuclear molecule states as a source of low‑Z products

Investigate whether repeated generalized excitation transfer in palladium lattices can create large populations of specific palladium nuclear molecule cluster states and quantify whether their eventual tunnel (fission‑like) decay yields low‑Z daughter products at levels consistent with reports from metal–hydrogen experiments.

Background

The authors propose that energy exchange with lattice modes and high densities of receiver states could drive repeated excitation transfers, populating long‑lived nuclear molecule cluster states in palladium. They suggest that such states could accumulate during operation and eventually decay by tunneling, producing low‑Z elements.

Validating this mechanism requires correlating excitation‑transfer dynamics, the formation and stabilization of specific Pd* cluster states, and their decay products, against experimental observations of transmutation signatures in metal–hydrogen systems.