High Temperature Superconductivity In Pd-[H(D)]X System
A theoretical model involving phonon and lochon (local charged boson) mediated pairing of electrons in Pd(H/D) x is suggested to explain the possible observation of superconductivity in the range 51K≤T c ≤295K (when x exceeds unity). In the combined mechanism the lochons have transient existence on (H + /D + ) resulting in (H - /D - ) species. The coupling parameter λ 1 for lochon induced processes depend linearly on x. The model explains the observation of the enhancement of T c for x varying from 0.6 to 1.6. While the experimental observations are of great importance, it is desirable that other experimental groups confirm the results.