Stau-catalyzed Nuclear Fusion
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2007-05-23 v3 Nuclear Theory
Abstract
We point out that the stau may play a role of a catalyst for nuclear fusions if the stau is a long-lived particle as in the scenario of gravitino dark matter. In this letter, we consider d d fusion under the influence of stau where the fusion is enhanced because of a short distance between the two deuterons. We find that one chain of the d d fusion may release an energy of O(10) GeV per stau. We discuss problems of making the stau-catalyzed nuclear fusion of practical use with the present technology of producing stau.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0607256,
title = {Stau-catalyzed Nuclear Fusion},
author = {K. Hamaguchi and T. Hatsuda and T. T. Yanagida},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0607256},
year = {2007}
}
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10 pages, 1 figure