ISSN:
1572-9591
Keywords:
Cold fusion
;
dynamical screening
;
mobile deuteron
;
fusion rate
;
accelerated deuteron
;
PdDx deuteride
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering
Notes:
Abstract The Coulomb potential between deuterons in the PdDx deutende is dynamically screened by the mobile deuterons as well as the electrons. The screening effect by the mobile deuteron at low temperatures is substantial. When the all deuterons become mobile, the fusion rate observed by Jones et al. can be achieved using the classical formula for the ion polarization function, however, the rate using the quantum mechanical formula becomes 10−6–10−7 times smaller than the classical one. By the small increase in deuteron energy, of the order of a few electron volts, the fusion rate in PdDx deuteride increases substantially. But after about 10 eV of deuteron energy, the fusion rate does not increase at such a high rate as it does in the low-energy region. The fusion rate observed by Jones et al. might be explained by the acceleration of the deuteron by the electric field created in the domain boundary between the region containing the deuteron and the region without the deuteron or by the avalanche-type propagation of the fracture.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01588276
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