Detection of three-body deuteron fusion in titanium deuteride under the stimulation by a deuteron beam
✍ Scribed by Akito Takahashi; Katsuhiko Maruta; Kentaro Ochiai; Hiroyuki Miyamaru
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 564 KB
- Volume
- 255
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0375-9601
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✦ Synopsis
Two unique particles with equal energy 4.75 MeV triton and 4.75 MeV helium-3 created by three-body deuteron fusion Ž . 3D fusion reactions were for the first time clearly observed from a highly D-loaded TiD sample under stimulation by a x w x w x y4 low-energy deuteron beam. The ratio of reaction rate to 2D fusion was 3D r 2D s 10 , while estimation by the Ž . w x w x y30
established theory of nuclear fusion in random free particle reaction processes gives 3D r 2D s 10 and fails to explain the experiment. To explain the observed enormous enhancement of 3D fusion, coherent fusion processes in dynamics of a metal-deuteride lattice should be considered.