Cluster-Impact Fusion and Effective Deuteron Temperature
Nuclear Theory
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
Temperature and kinematic line broadening are the primary contributions to the width of the proton energy spectrum measured in cluster-impact fusion experiments. By ascertaining these two contributions, we have determined an effective temperature for the high-velocity deuteron component that is responsible for the measured fusion yield. The extracted effective temperature is substantially higher than conventional estimates., and implies that cluster-impact fusion is hot fusion on an atomic scale. The proton spectrum rules out contaminants in explaining the high yield.
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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0304066,
title = {Cluster-Impact Fusion and Effective Deuteron Temperature},
author = {Y. E. Kim and J. -H. Yoon and R. A. Rice and M. Rabinowitz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0304066},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
11 pages, 2 figures. PACS numbers: 79.20.RF, 25.45.--z, 47.40.Nm, 52.50. Lp