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The energy of a nuclear configuration
is given by the expectation value
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of the nuclear Hamiltonian in a state
with N neutrons and P protons...
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Fusion will occur if the energy
of the fused state is lower
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than the energy
of the two separate nuclei.
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Our task is to see if the dynamics
dictated by the interaction Hamiltonian
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generates a reaction to make cold
fusion-powered engines feasible.
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- Good.
- HeIIo.
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- HeIIo.
- HeIIo, Liebchen.
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So, we have here, E over C squared...
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It's E squared. Minus E squared over B,
minus V of X.
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- D of X, or V of X?
- V as in very.
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- What's going on?
- Edward has been hoIding out on us.
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In addition to being
a very fine automotive mechanic,
:34:02
he is aIso, in physics,
something of a wunderkind.
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- Wunderkind.
- Wunderkind!
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I had this idea. I read about the doc.
We worked on it together...
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- And everybody thought it wasn't so bad.
- Wasn't so bad!
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- It was astonishing!
- Very innovative.
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Do I get to hear what it is?
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I figured out how to buiId
a nucIear-powered spacecraft engine.
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- A fusion engine.
- A what?
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We're gonna bottIe
the process that fueIs the stars.
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CoId fusion, it's mind-boggIing.
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- He's a mechanic.
- I was a cIerk, in a patent office.
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Faraday was a carpenter. Isaac Newton
was an insurance saIesman.
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- Fusion.
- Fusion.
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ReaIIy? What are you wearing?
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What difference does it make
what he is wearing?
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A nucIear-powered spacecraft.