BUBBLEGATE - Proof of Successful Sonoluminescence (Acoustic Intertial Confinment Fusion) Experiments COVER-UP

This is kind of a big deal. Google keyword: BUBBLEGATE
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It seems that a group of scientist DID use the idea of sonoluminescence to create fusion. It is called Acoustic Inertial Confinement Fusion. When they successfully produced results in France at NURETH-11 for peer review, they shortly afterward got hammered by the 'institutions'.

DARPA's involved, UCLA, Oak Ridge National Lab, Purdue University, and a few science journals.

First, I will explain Sonoluminescence (Acoustic Intertial Confinement Fusion).



Initially one of the scientists did experiments of Sonofusion at Oak Ridge National Labs, but they couldn't get a good enough ratio of repeatable results. I think the story goes like this...so, they went to Purdue University. They used a variation in techniques and became successful. This is when they decided to go to NURETH-11. A lawsuit was brought into the mix, and all funding got cut off and they got caught up in legal issues, which resulted in the main scientist getting debarred and discredited (no funding, etc.), though affidavits out the butt proved otherwise.

Holy shit. I hit a motherlode...

Read this letter.

Lahey Letter to Physics Today
Feb. 20, 2009
Response from Marty Hanna is below Lahey letter
You write, “Independent research groups have so far failed to confirm the result of Taleyarkhan’s group.” Indeed, this is at the heart of much of the controversy concerning bubble fusion. However, this is false. Edward Forringer, William Bugg, Adam Butt, and Yiban Xu have performed and reported independent confirmations of bubble fusion. This is in addition to on-demand public demonstration of successful outcomes of bubble fusion on two occasions.
[link to newenergytimes.com]

Now, who is Lahey? Google DARPA Lahey.

Holy crap. I think I found a cover-up. This is crazy...
Check this out. This Lahey guy says they successfully did it!

Lahey Affidavit
To the best of my recollection, I received from Taleyarkhan summary documentation of successful sonofusion results in June, 2005. How in the world could someone surmise that DARPA-UCLA funds, which arrived into the Purdue financial system in June, 2005, actually contribute to the intense underlying research to find a way to self-nucleate in a totally different fluid-mixture of vastly
different properties, in a differently designed test cell, with random vs timed nucleation, conduct a large array oftests, including careful control experiments, within "seconds" of receiving funding from a new source? The mere thought of suggesting the use of such funds for something already largely accomplished (and only requiring publication) is totally bizarre.

cont.

39. The above mentioned issues highlighted in the Press are a either wrongful or
inaccurate allegations against Taleyarkhan (and in many respects all of us who worked with him)
and have no merit. These are apparently desperate attempts by our competitors to detract from
our seminal work on the discovery of sonofusion.

[link to newenergytimes.com]

Also, read this.

Purdue News
March 2, 2004
Evidence bubbles over to support tabletop nuclear fusion device
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Researchers are reporting new evidence supporting their earlier discovery of an inexpensive "tabletop" device that uses sound waves to produce nuclear fusion reactions.
- Rusi Taleyarkhan

The researchers believe the new evidence shows that "sonofusion" generates nuclear reactions by creating tiny bubbles that implode with tremendous force. Nuclear fusion reactors have historically required large, multibillion-dollar machines, but sonofusion devices might be built for a fraction of that cost.
[link to www.purdue.edu]

...and more.

Bubblegate Testimonials and Affidavits
Back to Bubblegate Portal
Before Lefteri Tsoukalas was removed as the head of the Purdue School of Nuclear Engineering, an extra-legal committee that he organized produced the Feb. 23, 2006, Statement from Adam Butt. Someone provided this document to Kenneth Chang of The New York Times. Chang has declined to confirm or deny whether Tsoukalas provided the document. Chang has confirmed that he received other related documents from Tsoukalas. Chang made the decision to publish the unsigned, unnotarized, unsworn, unverified document.

The Statement from Adam Butt caused severe problems for Rusi Taleyarkhan, a professor in the School of Nuclear Engineering. In response, numerous people came to Taleyarkhan's defense with testimonials and affidavits. A number of the affidavits accuse Tsoukalas of serious grievances. Some of them are now part of the public record in legal proceedings.
[link to newenergytimes.com]

On March 1, 2006 I helped set up two experiment stations for review by the visitors. The first and main station involved experiments needed for the DARPA-UCLA project (i.e., using external neutrons). The second experiment involved self-nucleation for which Ken Suslick of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign himself was invited to and did indeed randomly select neutron detectors for mounting on the test cells and for use as controls. He also insisted on doing the experiment in a particular way and we accommodated each of his requests during setup. At the end of the day, the detectors showed positive signatures of neutron emission as evidenced by
several people in the audience. Neither I, nor anyone from Purdue engaged in misconduct of any kind and in fact went out ofour way to assist the visitors engage in a successful review.
[link to newenergytimes.com]

They did it, didn't they? I mean, they did, but then funding got cut-off and they tried to discredit the researchers. Bubblegate. I don't know how you could conclude that they didn't accomplish the fusion.

They said it in signed affidavits. They did it, and were successful.

Purdue Knew
Purdue's Persecution of Professor Rusi Taleyarkhan
[link to newenergytimes.com]

Recent Advances and Results in Acoustic Inertial Confinement Bubble Nuclear Fusion
R. P. Taleyarkhan

AbstractThis paper provides an update on developments since the first announcement of the discovery in 2002 of acoustic inertial confinement (a.k.a bubble) nuclear fusion. A theoretical foundation for the supercompression of acoustically driven deuterated bubble clusters has been developed and published. Initially, bubble fusion experiments used external neutron sources for nucleating bubble clusters, and despite compelling evidence, lingering doubts remained because of the use of external neutrons to maintain neutron production. This was overcome using a self-nucleation method. In those novel experiments, seeding of nanometer bubbles was accomplished using nuclear-decay recoils from dissolved uranyl nitrate. Bubble fusion experiments have been replicated successfully, and confirmatory results were reported at least five times since 2005. Moreover, speculations and controversies about the discovery related to our bubble fusion experiments have now been conclusively addressed, rebutted, and dismissed.
[link to pubs.acs.org]