Unified Interpretation of Low-Energy Anomalous Heat Phenomena via the DMF Local Phase Transition Model / DMF局所相転移モデルによる低エネルギー異常熱の統一解釈

Short Abstract Low-Energy Anomalous Heat Phenomena (LENR) have been reported for decades in various metal-hydrogen systems. Although excess heat generation has been observed under conditions far below those required for conventional nuclear fusion, a unified theoretical framework capable of explaining these phenomena remains absent. Existing interpretations struggle to account simultaneously for anomalous heat production, weak radiation signatures, strong dependence on lattice structures, and reproducibility issues. This study proposes a new conceptual framework, the DMF (Dynamic Mass Flow) Local Phase Transition Model, in which low-energy anomalous heat phenomena are reinterpreted not as conventional nuclear reactions but as local phase transitions occurring within structurally constrained systems. Within this framework, matter is understood as a locally stabilized mode of DMF, while heat is redefined as the dissipation of surplus degrees of freedom generated during local structural reorganization. The model emphasizes the roles of metal lattices, nanostructures, hydrogen absorption, electron screening, and phonon interactions as mechanisms that compress local degrees of freedom and induce critical structural conditions. When local constraints exceed critical thresholds, local modes reorganize into more stable configurations, releasing surplus degrees of freedom primarily as thermal energy rather than high-energy radiation. The proposed framework offers a unified structural interpretation of anomalous heat generation, radiation suppression, lattice dependence, and reproducibility challenges. More broadly, it suggests a new perspective in which heat, phase transitions, and energy release can be understood as manifestations of structural reconfiguration processes within constrained systems. https://orcid.