Conventional nuclear fusion occurs in plasma at temperatures greater than 10^(7)℃ or when energy higher than 10 keV is applied.We report a new result of anomalous neutron emission,also called cascade neutron burst em...Conventional nuclear fusion occurs in plasma at temperatures greater than 10^(7)℃ or when energy higher than 10 keV is applied.We report a new result of anomalous neutron emission,also called cascade neutron burst emission,from deuterium-loaded titanium and uranium deuteride samples at room temperature.The number of neutrons in the large bursts is measured as up to 2800 in less than a 64-μs interval.We suggest that the anomalous cascade neutron bursts are correlated with deuterium-loaded metals and probably the result of nuclear reactions occurring in the samples.展开更多
基金Supported by the President Foundation of the China Institute of Atomic Energy(No YZ-0704).
文摘Conventional nuclear fusion occurs in plasma at temperatures greater than 10^(7)℃ or when energy higher than 10 keV is applied.We report a new result of anomalous neutron emission,also called cascade neutron burst emission,from deuterium-loaded titanium and uranium deuteride samples at room temperature.The number of neutrons in the large bursts is measured as up to 2800 in less than a 64-μs interval.We suggest that the anomalous cascade neutron bursts are correlated with deuterium-loaded metals and probably the result of nuclear reactions occurring in the samples.
