In response to hot fusion detractors of the cold fusion explanation of excess heat, proponents of cold fusion say that the conventional theory of hot fusion does not apply to the conditions present in a lattice. The proponents argue that the lattice can somehow amplify the probability of fusion through some sort of enhanced quantum tunneling effect.
What I would like to know is if anyone has proposed the possibility that the familiar ground state of a hydrogen atom can be changed and lowered through some sort of quantum effect of the lattice on the wave function of a hydrogen atom. If special quantum circumstances are required for the formation of sub states of hydrogen it would explain why they are not typically observed. Harry
