Theoretical Calculations Outline Coherent Proton States in Cubic Metal Hydrides at 10^13 Hz

The work extends rotating-wave approximations to large proton numbers in micro-powder samples and adds limited numerical simulations that include dissipation. It claims the trapped high-frequency electric field phase-locks proton motion, creating a ground-state gap robust above room temperature. This dynamical picture is positioned as an alternative to the Widom-Larsen heavy-electron mechanism for low-energy nuclear reactions.

The model predicts excited coherent states reachable by external pumping that could drive electron capture at energies far above single-particle thresholds, producing slow neutrons and subsequent transmutations. The paper references Metzler et al. for possible follow-on channels but supplies no new experimental data, only estimates derived from idealized lattice Hamiltonians.

Key limitation is restriction to small proton counts in non-rotating-wave numerics and absence of direct comparison with measured neutron yields or isotopic shifts in any real hydride. Larger-scale simulations or targeted THz spectroscopy on Pd-H or Ni-H powders would be required to test the coherence lifetime and gap size.

Next steps include computing the full excitation spectrum and coupling to lattice phonons to assess whether the predicted neutron-generation threshold remains accessible under realistic dissipation.