LENR Solution of the Cosmological Lithium Problem

This paper considers a mechanism for solving the "lithium problem" in cosmology: a very significant difference in the observed (measured) concentration of lithium isotopes in the Universe in comparison with the results of a detailed analysis of the process of primary nucleosynthesis in the Big Bang model. It is shown that such isotope anomalies (a great decrease of the Li-7 concentration and a 500-fold increase of the Li-6 concentration) can be associated with a very significant increase of the probability of Li-6 (d, He-4)He-4 and Li-7 (p, He-4)He-4 reactions involving protons and deuterium in the near-surface region of stars with temperature T <= 100 eV. The process of optimization of nuclear fusion reactions is associated with the formation of coherent correlated states of protons and deuterons, which leads to a short-term generation of very large fluctuations in the momentum and energy of these particles, and occurs under the action of shock waves and impulse changes of the magnetic field of the star. These effects are identical to the processes that correspond to the standard LENR concepts and proceed at even lower energy. (c) 2022 ICCF. All rights reserved.