Fuel ρR measurements by secondary nuclear fusion reactions

1986 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Azechi ◽  
N. Miyanaga ◽  
T. Yamanaka ◽  
R. O. Stapf ◽  
K. Itoga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Fusion ◽  
Fusion Reactions ◽  
Nuclear Fusion Reactions

Status of muon catalysis of nuclear fusion reactions

1990 ◽  
Vol 160 (8) ◽  
pp. 47-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonid I. Men'shikov ◽  
L.N. Somov
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Fusion ◽  
Fusion Reactions ◽  
Nuclear Fusion Reactions ◽  
Muon Catalysis

Proposed Solutions to Achieve Nuclear Fusion

Engevista ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 1496
Author(s):  
Relly Victoria Virgil Petrescu ◽  
Raffaella Aversa ◽  
Antonio Apicella ◽  
Florian Ion Petrescu
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Reactor ◽  
Nuclear Reactions ◽  
Nuclear Fusion ◽  
Nuclear Fission ◽  
Light Nuclei ◽  
Fast Neutrons ◽  
Fusion Reactions ◽  
Nuclear Fusion Reactions ◽  
The Masses ◽  
Fusion Products

Despite research carried out around the world since the 1950s, no industrial application of fusion to energy production has yet succeeded, apart from nuclear weapons with the H-bomb, since this application does not aims at containing and controlling the reaction produced. There are, however, some other less mediated uses, such as neutron generators. The fusion of light nuclei releases enormous amounts of energy from the attraction between the nucleons due to the strong interaction (nuclear binding energy). Fusion it is with nuclear fission one of the two main types of nuclear reactions applied. The mass of the new atom obtained by the fusion is less than the sum of the masses of the two light atoms. In the process of fusion, part of the mass is transformed into energy in its simplest form: heat. This loss is explained by the Einstein known formula E=mc2. Unlike nuclear fission, the fusion products themselves (mainly helium 4) are not radioactive, but when the reaction is used to emit fast neutrons, they can transform the nuclei that capture them into isotopes that some of them can be radioactive. In order to be able to start and to be maintained with the success the nuclear fusion reactions, it is first necessary to know all this reactions very well. This means that it is necessary to know both the main reactions that may take place in a nuclear reactor and their sense and effects. The main aim is to choose and coupling the most convenient reactions, forcing by technical means for their production in the reactor. Taking into account that there are a multitude of possible variants, it is necessary to consider in advance the solutions that we consider them optimal. The paper takes into account both variants of nuclear fusion, and cold and hot. For each variant will be mentioned the minimum necessary specifications.

Nuclear Fusion Reactions in Solid-Deuterium Laser-Produced Plasma

1970 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 821-824 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Floux ◽  
D. Cognard ◽  
L -G. Denoeud ◽  
G. Piar ◽  
D. Parisot ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Fusion ◽  
Fusion Reactions ◽  
Solid Deuterium ◽  
Laser Produced Plasma ◽  
Nuclear Fusion Reactions

scholarly journals Hot laser fusion or low temperature nuclear reactions? Analysis and current prospects of the first experiments on laser fusion

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-70
Author(s):  
Vladimir I. Vysotskii ◽  
◽  
Alla A. Kornilova ◽  
Mykhaylo V. Vysotskyy ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Laser Plasma ◽  
Nuclear Reactions ◽  
Nuclear Fusion ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Laser Fusion ◽  
Neutron Generation ◽  
Fusion Reactions ◽  
Target Composition ◽  
High Energy Tail ◽  
Nuclear Fusion Reactions

The paper considers the features and quantitative characteristics of the first successful laser experiments on the formation of a thermonuclear plasma and registration of neutrons in nuclear fusion reactions under pulsed irradiation of a LiD crystal. Quantitative analysis shows that the production of neutrons recorded in these experiments is not associated with thermonuclear reactions in hot laser plasma. The most probable mechanism of neutron generation is associated with nuclear reactions at low energies and is due to the formation of coherent correlated states (CCS) of deuterons. In this experiment, such states can be formed in two different processes: due to the effect of a shock wave in the undisturbed part of the target lattice on the vibrational state of deuterium nuclei or when deuterium nuclei with energy of about 500 eV move in the lattice. This part of the deuterium nuclei corresponds to the high-energy "tail" of the Maxwellian distribution of the total flux of particles entering from the laser plasma into the interplanar channel. In this second case, the process of the formation of the CCS is associated with the longitudinal periodicity of the interplanar crystal channel, which is equivalent to a nonstationary oscillator in the own coordinate system of moving particle. The expediency of repeating these experiments is shown, in which, in addition to neutrons, one should expect a more efficient generation of other nuclear fusion products due to low-energy reactions involving lithium isotopes from the target composition.

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