TY - JOUR
T1 - Nuclear reactions induced by a pyroelectric accelerator
AU - Geuther, Jeffrey
AU - Danon, Yaron
AU - Saglime, Frank
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - This work demonstrates the use of pyroelectric crystals to induce nuclear reactions. A system based on a pair of pyroelectric crystals is used to ionize gas and accelerate the ions to energies of up to 200 keV. The system operates above room temperature by simply heating or cooling the pyroelectric crystals. A D-D fusion reaction was achieved with this technique, and 2.5 MeV neutrons were detected. The measured neutron yield is in good agreement with the calculated yield. This work also verifies the results published by Naranjo, Gimzewski, and Putterman [Nature (London) 434, 1115 (2005)NATUAS0028-083610.1038/nature03575].
AB - This work demonstrates the use of pyroelectric crystals to induce nuclear reactions. A system based on a pair of pyroelectric crystals is used to ionize gas and accelerate the ions to energies of up to 200 keV. The system operates above room temperature by simply heating or cooling the pyroelectric crystals. A D-D fusion reaction was achieved with this technique, and 2.5 MeV neutrons were detected. The measured neutron yield is in good agreement with the calculated yield. This work also verifies the results published by Naranjo, Gimzewski, and Putterman [Nature (London) 434, 1115 (2005)NATUAS0028-083610.1038/nature03575].
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.054803
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.054803
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33144470959
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 96
JO - Physical review letters
JF - Physical review letters
IS - 5
M1 - 054803
ER -