Low Energy Neutron Production by Inverse-beta decay in Metallic Hydride Surfaces
Nuclear Theory
2015-06-11 v1 Materials Science
Abstract
It has been recently argued that inverse-beta nuclear transmutations might occur at an impressively high rate in a thin layer at the metallic hydride surface under specific conditions. In this note we present a calculation of the transmutation rate which shows that there is little room for such a remarkable effect.
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@article{arxiv.1209.6501,
title = {Low Energy Neutron Production by Inverse-beta decay in Metallic Hydride Surfaces},
author = {S. Ciuchi and L. Maiani and A. D. Polosa and V. Riquer and G. Ruocco and M. Vignati},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1209.6501},
year = {2015}
}
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4 pages