Anomalously high Barium content in the earth's crust is predicted by Nucleon redistribution theory

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Authors: Vladimir Torchigin
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Abstract

Modern nuclear physics can explain everything that can't be verified: how the universe arose, how the stars and the solar system formed, how and when planet Earth came into being. However, it cannot answer a much simpler, concrete question: why is the barium content in the Earth's crust comparable to that of elements such as sulfur or chlorine, even though barium's atomic number is 56, while the atomic numbers of sulfur and chlorine are 16 and 17, respectively. Meanwhile, the abundance of barium's neighboring elements, zirconium and lanthanum, with atomic numbers 55 and 57, is several times lower. This fact can be explained by applying a new approach to the occurrence of nuclear reactions, which allows reactions without the release of neutrons through the sudden contact of two identical nuclides. Such nuclides can redistribute the nucleons they contain among themselves, provided that the resulting nuclides also exist in nature. Such exchanges must adhere to the law that the weight of the nuclides before the exchange must be greater than the weight of the resulting nuclides after the exchange. Modeling this process has shown that such exchanges result in significant changes in the composition of the nuclides; in particular, the barium content increases to a greater extent than that of its neighbors.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Nuclear physics research studies Astronomical and nuclear sciences Cold Fusion and Nuclear Reactions

Publication details

Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
12 February 2026
Language
EN