Ab initio predictions for polarized deuterium-tritium thermonuclear fusion

Hupin, Guillaume; Quaglioni, Sofia; Navrátil, Petr

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-08052-6

Title: Ab initio predictions for polarized deuterium-tritium thermonuclear fusion

Journal Article · 21 January 2019 · Nature Communications

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08052-6 · OSTI ID:1497262

Hupin, Guillaume ^[1];

^[2]; Navrátil, Petr ^[3]

Univ. Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette (France). Inst. de Physique Nucléaire; Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Arpajon (France); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada)

The fusion of deuterium (D) with tritium (T) is the most promising of the reactions that could power thermonuclear reactors of the future. It may lead to even more efficient energy generation if obtained in a polarized state, that is with the spin of the reactants aligned. Here in this paper, we report first-principles predictions of the polarized DT fusion using nuclear forces from effective field theory. By employing the ab initio no-core shell model with continuum reaction method to solve the quantum mechanical five-nucleon problem, we accurately determine the enhanced fusion rate and angular distribution of the emitted neutron and ⁴He. Our calculations demonstrate in detail the small contribution of anisotropies, placing on a firmer footing the understanding of the rate of DT fusion in a polarized plasma. In the future, analogous calculations could be used to obtain accurate values for other, more uncertain thermonuclear reaction data critical to nuclear science applications.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); Canadian National Research Council of Canada

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1497262

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL--745269; 900359

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 10; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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