Plasma dynamics and generation of hard radiations in experiments with cylindrical Z-pinches

Nuclear-chemical processes under the conditions of laser ablation of metals in aqueous media (problems of “cold fusion”)

“…Reproducing experiments [16,19,20] would be of undoubted interest, as it would allow us to determine the true nature of the mechanism behind the neutron irradiation of deuterium containing plasma, since the mechanisms of neutron generation considered in [18][19][20] and the concepts developed in this work, according to which process d + d accompanied by the formation of Helium 3 and neutrons is a priori excluded and the generation of secondary neutron radiation due to ( 2 n isu , n) reactions is predicted, differ fundamentally. This would not only allow us to be sure of the adequacy of our concepts of the β dineutron as a long lived radio active nucleus (or to reject them), but also to have a bet ter grounded approach to solving the technical prob lems of using thermonuclear energy opened up by the hypothesized existence of β dineutrons.…”

“…temperature plasma. It should be noted that subse quent theoretical estimates [18][19][20] demonstrated the possibility in principle of accelerating deuterons up to energies (~1 MeV) sufficient for initiating such pro cess under the conditions of [16,17], using an induc tion electric field that accelerated deuterons associ ated with the development of instabilities or variations of the discharge modes in the pinch. Nevertheless, doubts remain that the source of the observed fluxes of neutrons and hard X ray quanta with energies of 300-400 keV was the thermonuclear reac tion.…”

“…Nevertheless, doubts remain that the source of the observed fluxes of neutrons and hard X ray quanta with energies of 300-400 keV was the thermonuclear reac tion. The experiments in [16,17] and the subsequent studies in [19,20] detected no Helium 3 isotopes, the fluxes of which are equal to the observed neutron fluxes in such reactions.…”