A HeHPC (Helium high pressure chamber) filled up with pure gaseous helium at initial pressure about 1.1 bar was irradiated by braking γ-rays of 10 MeV threshold energy during 1.0 × 10^5 s at the electron beam ...A HeHPC (Helium high pressure chamber) filled up with pure gaseous helium at initial pressure about 1.1 bar was irradiated by braking γ-rays of 10 MeV threshold energy during 1.0 × 10^5 s at the electron beam current 22 - 24 μA. After irradiation, the residual pressure inside was equal to 430 bar. Synthesized foils of black color and other multiple objects were found inside the HeHPC mainly at the entrance window for γ-rays made from beryllium bronze as a plug of beryllium bronze HPC, at the inner surfaces of the reaction chamber made of high purity copper and at the copper collector. The element analysis, using SEM (Scanning electron microscopy) and MPRA (Microprobe roentgen analysis), allowed us to establish that the foils consist predominantly of carbon and the smaller quantities of other elements from carbon to iron. An explanation for the observed elements is suggested on the basis of helium fusion reactions under the action of y-rays with the reactions taking place in giant stars (thermally activated). The possible mechanism after 3α reaction is nα reactions and under barrier reactions. A second experiment with initial pressure of 3.05 kbar (with pressure drop by about 65 bar - after almost the same procedure of y-rays irradiation and with fully beryl bronze environment) suggests another possible nuclear reactions - He(Be, p)C, He(C, γ)O, and so on. The developed approach agrees well with a series of studies carried out by the authors where dense hydrogen and deuterium gases are acted on by γ-rays in the presence or absence of metals in the reaction chambers.展开更多
基金This work is supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(No.2014 AA 032606)and the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China(No.61376090,61306008).
文摘A HeHPC (Helium high pressure chamber) filled up with pure gaseous helium at initial pressure about 1.1 bar was irradiated by braking γ-rays of 10 MeV threshold energy during 1.0 × 10^5 s at the electron beam current 22 - 24 μA. After irradiation, the residual pressure inside was equal to 430 bar. Synthesized foils of black color and other multiple objects were found inside the HeHPC mainly at the entrance window for γ-rays made from beryllium bronze as a plug of beryllium bronze HPC, at the inner surfaces of the reaction chamber made of high purity copper and at the copper collector. The element analysis, using SEM (Scanning electron microscopy) and MPRA (Microprobe roentgen analysis), allowed us to establish that the foils consist predominantly of carbon and the smaller quantities of other elements from carbon to iron. An explanation for the observed elements is suggested on the basis of helium fusion reactions under the action of y-rays with the reactions taking place in giant stars (thermally activated). The possible mechanism after 3α reaction is nα reactions and under barrier reactions. A second experiment with initial pressure of 3.05 kbar (with pressure drop by about 65 bar - after almost the same procedure of y-rays irradiation and with fully beryl bronze environment) suggests another possible nuclear reactions - He(Be, p)C, He(C, γ)O, and so on. The developed approach agrees well with a series of studies carried out by the authors where dense hydrogen and deuterium gases are acted on by γ-rays in the presence or absence of metals in the reaction chambers.