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About Nano Fusion and Dynamic Fusion Open
Hot fusion is currently a difficult goal to accomplish due to the high temperatures required, which are difficult to achieve and also to be maintained. For these reason, it is much easier to try to achieve cold fusion, or a combined method…
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Mechanisms Suppressing Superheavy Element Yields in Cold Fusion Reactions Open
Superheavy elements are formed in fusion reactions which are hindered by fast nonequilibrium processes. To quantify these, mass-angle distributions and cross sections have been measured, at beam energies from below-barrier to 25% above, fo…
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Novel nuclear reactions observed in bremsstrahlung-irradiated deuterated metals Open
$d$-D nuclear fusion events were observed in an electron-screened, deuterated metal lattice by reacting cold deuterons with hot deuterons $({d}^{*})$ produced by elastically scattered neutrons originating from bremsstrahlung photodissociat…
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Hot fusion reactions with deformed nuclei for synthesis of superheavy nuclei: An extension of the fusion-by-diffusion model Open
The fusion-by-diffusion model proposed by Swiatecki {\\it et al.} [Phys. Rev.\nC71, 014602 (2005)] has provided a simple and convenient tool to estimate\nevaporation residue cross sections for superheavy nuclei. I extend this model\nby tak…
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Correlated states and nuclear reactions: An experimental test with low energy beams Open
An experimental program is described in this paper, aiming at detecting the formation of correlated coherent states (CCSs) in thin surface layers of crystals when bombarded by a very low energy proton or deuteron beam. CCSs are a generaliz…
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Some Basic Reactions in Nuclear Fusion Open
Over time it has advanced the idea that the achievement of a hot nuclear reaction can require tens or hundreds of millions of degrees. Precise calculations clearly indicate a much higher temperature. At least 10 million degrees are necessa…
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Substantially enhanced deuteron-triton fusion probabilities in intense low-frequency laser fields Open
Deuteron-triton (DT) fusion is the primary fusion reaction used in controlled\nfusion research, mainly for its relatively high reaction cross sections\ncompared to other fusion options. Even so, to attain appreciable reaction\nprobabilitie…
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Precision experiments with cold and ultra-cold neutrons Open
We present selected results from the first round of the Priority Programme SPP 1491. This programme gets funding from the German DFG and the Austrian FWF funding agencies. The aim of this programme is to address basic open questions in par…
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Preliminary survey on cold fusion: It’s not pathological science and may require revision of nuclear theory Open
Since 1989 the announcement of "cold fusion" by Stanley Pons and Martin Fleishmann, "cold fusion" field has been surrounded by controversy. After three decades, this field is alive and has produced thousands of publications, most in dedica…
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The cross sections of fusion-evaporation reactions: the most promising route to superheavy elements beyond Z=118 Open
\nThe synthesis of superheavy elements beyond oganesson (Og), which has atomic number Z = 118, is currently one of the main topics in nuclear physics. An absence of sufficient amounts of target material with atomic numbers heavier than cal…
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Isotope effect of hydrogen and deuterium permeability and diffusivity in fusion reactor materials. A literature review Open
The characterization of hydrogen transport parameters is essential for a good prediction of its behavior and a correct design of the elements that will make up nuclear fusion reactors. It is therefore essential to determine the isotopic ra…
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KELEA (Kinetic Energy Limiting Electrostatic Attraction) Offers an Alternative Explanation to Existing Concepts Regarding Wave-Particle Duality, Cold Fusion and Superconductivity Open
Existing explanations for several major phenomena in physics may need to be reconsidered in light of the description of a natural force termed KELEA (kinetic energy limiting electrostatic attraction). Three examples are selected for discus…
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New Trends in Nuclear Science Open
This book will hopefully shed light on some of the advances taking place within nuclear science research in recent times. It describes the interesting results of some modern nuclear science research carried out by bright scientists and res…
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Optical Detection of Phonon Gain Distinguishes an Active Cold Fusion/LANR component Open
Successful cold fusion is heralded by a large, if not quite abnormal, increase in the anti-Stokes to Stokes (aS/S) ratio in coherent multi-wavelength optical reflection volume-enhanced electric-driven spectroscopy (CMORE-spectroscopy). Thi…
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Enhancement of element production by incomplete fusion reaction with weakly bound deuteron Open
Searching for effective pathways for the production of proton-rich and neutron-rich isotopes is one of the main driving forces behind experimental and theoretical nuclear reaction studies as well as for practical applications in nuclear tr…
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Microscopic study of compound-nucleus formation in cold-fusion reactions Open
The understanding of the fusion probability is of particular importance to\nreveal the mechanism of producing superheavy elements. We present a microscopic\nstudy of the compound nucleus formation by combining time-dependent density\nfunct…
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Production of super-heavy nuclei in cold fusion reactions Open
A model for cold-fusion reactions related to the synthesis of super-heavy nuclei in collisions of heavy projectile-nuclei with a 208 Pb target nucleus is discussed. In the framework of this model, the production of the compound nucleus by …
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Some Basic Reactions in Nuclear Fusion Open
Over time it has advanced the idea that the achievement of a hot nuclear reaction can require tens or hundreds of millions of degrees. Precise calculations clearly indicate a much higher temperature. At least 10 million degrees are necessa…
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Estimating volume fractions of superabundant vacancy phases and their potential roles in low energy nuclear reactions and high conductivity in the palladium – isotopic hydrogen system Open
The addition of three superabundant vacancy (SAV) phases, γ (Pd7VacD6–8), δ (Pd3VacD4 – octahedral), and δ′ (Pd3VacD4 – tetrahedral) to the palladium – isotopic hydrogen phase diagram was recently reported [1]. Also, in that study, product…
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Toward an accurate description of solid-state properties of superheavy elements Open
\nIn the last two decades cold and hot fusion experiments lead to the production of new elements for the Periodic Table up to nuclear charge 118. Recent developments in relativistic quantum theory have made it possible to obtain accurate e…
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Concepts for a Deuterium–Deuterium Fusion Reactor Open
We revisit the assumption that reactors based on deuterium-deuterium (D-D)\nfusion processes have to be necessarily developed after the successful\ncompletion of experiments and demonstrations for deuterium-tritium (D-T) fusion\nreactors. …
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Hot and cold hands on the PGA Tour: Do they exist? Open
In this paper, we examine the “hot hand” (and “cold hand”) phenomenon as it relates to the PGA Tour using data from the 2013-4 PGA Tour season. For this study, we define “hot hand” in golf as having a greater probability of recording a bir…
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On the Role of Nuclear Binding Energy in Understanding Cold Nuclear Fusion Open
The basic aim of this paper is to highlight the hidden energy source and understand the mechanism of the controversial and spectacular ‘cold nuclear fusion’ at nuclear energy scales. Following the concept of strong interaction, theoretical…
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The Cold Fusion Phenomenon – Nuclear Reactions in the CF Materials at Around Room Temperature Open
Since the discovery of nuclear reactions in PdDx alloys at around room temperature in 1989, there have been accumulated very many experimental data sets showing existence of nuclear reactions in solid materials composed of transition metal…
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Could new isotopes of superheavies with Z=112–118 be produced in 48Ca-induced cold fusion reactions? Open
The excitation functions of the production of new heaviest isotopes of superheavy nuclei with charge numbers 112–118 are predicted in the 1n− and 2n−evaporation channels of the 48Ca-induced actinide-based complete fusion reactions for futu…
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The Fusion-by-Diffusion model as a tool to calculate cross sections for the production of superheavy nuclei Open
This article summarizes recent progress in our understanding of the reaction mechanisms leading to the formation of superheavy nuclei in cold and hot fusion reactions. Calculations are done within the Fusion-by-Diffusion (FBD) model using …
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Progress towards Operation of a Deuterium Cold Neutron Source at the NCNR Open
The NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) operates a 20 MW research reactor that produces neutrons for a suite of 30 neutron scattering instruments. 70% of these instruments use cold neutrons (E<5 meV), which are moderated by two separat…
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Diffusion as a possible mechanism controlling the production of superheavy nuclei in cold fusion reactions Open
The fusion probability for the production of superheavy nuclei in cold fusion\nreactions was investigated and compared with recent experimental results for\n$^{48}$Ca, $^{50}$Ti, and $^{54}$Cr incident on a $^{208}$Pb target.\nCalculations…
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Enhancement of Nuclear Fusion in Plasma Oscillation Systems Open
Concepts of dynamic oscillations of positive and negative ions to enhance fusion reactions are examined in this paper. Collective oscillations of positive and negative ions produce large oscillating electrostatic fields and could provide a…
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Nuclear fusion induced by x rays in a crystal Open
The nuclei that constitute a crystalline lattice, oscillate relative to each\nother with a very low energy that is not sufficient to penetrate through the\nCoulomb barriers separating them. An additional energy, which is needed to\ntunnel …