Investigation of temperature dependence of neutron yield and electron screening potential for the d(d, n){sup 3}He reaction proceeding in deuterides ZrD{sub 2} and TiD{sub 2}

Journal Article · Wed Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2012 · Physics of Atomic Nuclei

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778812080054· OSTI ID:22069398

Bystritskii, Vit M ^[1]; Dudkin, G N ^[2]; Filipowicz, M ^[3]; Gazi, S; Huran, J ^[4]; Kobzev, A P ^[5]; Mesyats, G A ^[6]; Nechaev, B A; Padalko, V N ^[2]; Parzhitskii, S S ^[5]; Pen'kov, F M ^[7]; Philippov, A V ^[5]; Kaminskii, V L ^[2]; Tuleushev, Yu Zh ^[7]; Wozniak, J ^[8]

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1. University of California, Department of Physics and Astronomy (United States)
2. National Scientific Research Tomsk Polytechnical University (Russian Federation)
3. AGH, University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Energy and Fuels (Poland)
4. Institute of Electrical Engineering SAS (Slovakia)
5. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Russian Federation)
6. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russian Federation)
7. Institute of Nuclear Physics NNC (Kazakhstan)
8. AGH, University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Sciences (Poland)

The temperature dependence of the enhancement factor for the dd reaction proceeding in TiD{sub 2} and ZrD{sub 2} is investigated. The experiments were carried out at the Hall pulsed ion accelerator (INP, Polytechnic University, Tomsk, Russia) in the deuteron energy interval 7.0-12.0 keV and at temperatures ranging from 20 to 200 Degree-Sign C. The values obtained for the electron screening potentials indicate that the dd reaction enhancement factor does not depend on the target temperature in the range 20-200 Degree-Sign C. This result contradicts the conclusions drawn by the LUNA Collaboration from their work.

• OSTI ID: 22069398
• Journal Information: Physics of Atomic Nuclei, Vol. 75, Issue 8; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2012 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7788
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
DEUTERIDES
DEUTERIUM TARGET
DEUTERON REACTIONS
DEUTERONS
ELECTRONS
HELIUM 3
KEV RANGE
NEUTRONS
NUCLEAR REACTION YIELD
POTENTIALS
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
TITANIUM COMPOUNDS
ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS